Question

How to subtract minutes from a date in Node.js

Answer 1

function subtractMinutesFromDate(minutes, date = new Date()) {
    date.setMinutes(date.getMinutes() - minutes);
 
    return date;
}
 
const date = new Date('2022-03-19T18:23:15');
 
console.log(subtractMinutesFromDate(7, date).toString());
   
   
   
/*
run:
   
Sat Mar 19 2022 18:16:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
   
*/

 

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Answer 2

// There are 60,000 milliseconds in a minute
 
const MS_PER_MINUTE = 60000;
const date = new Date('2022-03-19T18:23:15');
const minutes = 7;
 
const newdate = new Date(date.getTime() - minutes * MS_PER_MINUTE);
 
console.log(newdate.toString());
    
    
    
/*
run:
    
Sat Mar 19 2022 18:16:15 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
    
*/

 

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