How do I subtract minutes from a date in javascript?

Question

How can I translate this pseudo code into working js [don\'t worry about where the end date comes from except that it\'s a valid javascript date].

var myEndD         


        

Answer 1

Extend Date class with this function

// Add (or substract if value is negative) the value, expresed in timeUnit
// to the date and return the new date.
Date.dateAdd = function(currentDate, value, timeUnit) {

    timeUnit = timeUnit.toLowerCase();
    var multiplyBy = { w:604800000,
                     d:86400000,
                     h:3600000,
                     m:60000,
                     s:1000 };
    var updatedDate = new Date(currentDate.getTime() + multiplyBy[timeUnit] * value);

    return updatedDate;
};

So you can add or substract a number of minutes, seconds, hours, days... to any date.

add_10_minutes_to_current_date = Date.dateAdd( Date(), 10, "m");
subs_1_hour_to_a_date = Date.dateAdd( date_value, -1, "h");