Javascript current day minus 2 weeks in YYYY-MM-DD format?

Question

I need to get the date of constantly changing two weeks back so from today two weeks back in YYYY-MM-DD format. I got it with this code snippet that works, but is there a better way?

Thanks!!!

const twoWeeksBack = new Date(Date.now() - 12096e5).toISOString().slice(0, 10);

console.log(twoWeeksBack);

This is duplicated here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1296358/subtract-days-from-a-date-in-javascript?rq=1 and here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3552461/how-to-format-a-javascript-date?rq=1 — luiscla27, Sep 26 '18 at 00:08

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 26 '18 at 00:08

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If you can use libraries, Moment.js is very useful for date manipulation

moment().subtract(2, 'weeks').format("YYYY-MM-DD")

answered Sep 26 '18 at 00:08

Hofma Dresu

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score -1 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 26 '18 at 00:09

I'd recommend MomentJS for anything to do with time/date conversion.

Simply .subtract(2, 'weeks') and then .format('YYYY-MM-DD'):

const twoWeeksBack = moment(new Date()).subtract(2, 'weeks').format('YYYY-MM-DD');
console.log(twoWeeksBack);

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Javascript current day minus 2 weeks in YYYY-MM-DD format?

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