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Modifying an ISO Date in Javascript

rated 0 times [ 106] [ 7] / answers: 1 / hits: 21782 / 10 Years ago, thu, may 15, 2014, 12:00:00

I'm creating several ISO dates in a Javascript program with the following command:

var isodate = new Date().toISOString()

which returns dates in the format of 2014-05-15T16:55:56.730Z. I need to subtract 5 hours from each of these dates. The above date would then be formatted as 2014-05-15T11:55:56.730Z

I know this is hacky but would very much appreciate a quick fix.

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answered 10 Years ago eliezerc · Accepted Answer

One solution would be to modify the date before you turn it into a string.

var date = new Date();

date.setHours(date.getHours() - 5);



// now you can get the string

var isodate = date.toISOString();

For a more complete and robust date management I recommend checking out momentjs.