momentJS date string add 5 days

Question

i have a start date string \"20.03.2014\" and i want to add 5 days to this with moment.js but i don\'t get the new date \"25.03.2014\" in the alert window.

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Answer 1

The function add() returns the old date, but changes the original date :)

startdate = "20.03.2014";
var new_date = moment(startdate, "DD.MM.YYYY");
new_date.add(5, 'days');
alert(new_date);