How do I subtract minutes from a date in JavaScript?

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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 myEndDateTime = somedate;  //somedate is a valid JS date  
var durationInMinutes = 100; //this can be any number of minutes from 1-7200 (5 days)

//this is the calculation I don't know how to do
var myStartDate = somedate - durationInMinutes;

alert("The event will start on " + myStartDate.toDateString() + " at " + myStartDate.toTimeString());
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9 Answers

Once you know this:

  • You can create a Date by calling the constructor with milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970.
  • The valueOf() a Date is the number of milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970
  • There are 60,000 milliseconds in a minute :-]

In the code below, a new Date is created by subtracting the appropriate number of milliseconds from myEndDateTime:

var MS_PER_MINUTE = 60000;
var myStartDate = new Date(myEndDateTime - durationInMinutes * MS_PER_MINUTE);
xvb_620550

You can also use get and set minutes to achieve it:

var endDate = somedate;

var startdate = new Date(endDate);

var durationInMinutes = 20;

startdate.setMinutes(endDate.getMinutes() - durationInMinutes);
user_694420 
var date=new Date();

//here I am using "-30" to subtract 30 minutes from the current time.
var minute=date.setMinutes(date.getMinutes()-30); 

console.log(minute) //it will print the time and date according to the above condition in Unix-timestamp format.

you can convert Unix timestamp into conventional time by using new Date().for example 

var extract=new Date(minute)
console.log(minute)//this will print the time in the readable format.
user_88851120

Try as below: 

var dt = new Date();
dt.setMinutes( dt.getMinutes() - 20 );
console.log('#####',dt);
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