30-seconds-of-code/snippets/daysFromNow.md

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daysFromNow.md	date,beginner

Returns the date of n days from today as a string representation.

• Use new Date() and Date.prototype.getDate() to get the current time stamp add the number of milliseconds and use it to create a new Date object.
• Use Date.prototype.toISOString() to return a string in yyyy-mm-dd format.

const daysFromNow = n =>{
  let date = new Date(new Date().getTime() + n * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
  return date.toISOString().split('T')[0];
}

daysFromNow('5'); // 2020-10-13