Give A same value as B without making them interconnected

Question

I'm working with dates and my code is like the following:

(currentDate is just the actual date to remember and shownDate is a variable that is changed in a function to get date specific data from my database

var currentDate = new Date();
var shownDate = currentDate;

Now if I change shownDate (like add 7 days) currentDate is changed as well. I know that assigning variables like that makes shownDate something like pointing at currentDate thus changing it as well.

Let me know if you need some more code or anything else.

Just create a new Date from `currentDate` and set `shownDate` to that — Luca Kiebel, Mar 06 '19 at 19:42

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 06 '19 at 19:42

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You can clone with new Date:

var currentDate = new Date();
var shownDate = new Date(currentDate);

answered Mar 06 '19 at 19:42

Jonas Wilms

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Thanks fore the quick help, I'll accept the answer as soon I'm able to :) – tiko_2302 Mar 06 '19 at 19:44

Give A same value as B without making them interconnected

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