diff --git a/snippets/daysAgo.md b/snippets/daysAgo.md index c65ccdd5a..8769b1b71 100644 --- a/snippets/daysAgo.md +++ b/snippets/daysAgo.md @@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ title: daysAgo tags: date,intermediate --- -Returns previous N days from today as date string representation. +Returns the date of `n` days ago from today as a string representation. -- Use `new Date()` to get the current date, decrement using `Date.getDate()` and set the value to the result using `Date.setDate()`. +- Use `new Date()` to get the current date, `Math.abs()` and `Date.getDate()` to update the date accordingly and set to the result using `Date.setDate()`. - Use `Date.prototype.toISOString()` to return a string in `yyyy-mm-dd` format. ```js