Format date and Subtract days using Moment.js

Question

I would like a variable to hold yesterday\'s date in the format DD-MM-YYYY using Moment.js. So if today is 15-04-2015, I would like to subtract a day and have 1

Answer 1

Try this:

var duration = moment.duration({'days' : 1});
moment().subtract(duration).format('DD-MM-YYYY');

This will give you 14-04-2015 - today is 15-04-2015

Alternatively if your momentjs version is less than 2.8.0, you can use:

startdate = moment().subtract('days', 1).format('DD-MM-YYYY');

Instead of this:

startdate = moment().subtract(1, 'days').format('DD-MM-YYYY');