Merge pull request #1340 from sivsivsree/patch-2

previous N days from today as date string
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Angelos Chalaris
2020-10-06 19:18:42 +03:00
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title: daysAgo
tags: date,intermediate
---
Returns the date of `n` days ago from today as a string representation.
- 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
const daysAgo = (n) => {
let t = new Date();
t.setDate(t.getDate() - Math.abs(n));
return t.toISOString().split('T')[0];
};
```
```js
daysAgo(20); // 2020-09-16 (if current date is 2020-10-06)
```