How do you calculate yesterday's date in DD/MM/YYYY format using JavaScript?

Question

I'm working on a application where i need to generate yesterday's date in DD/MM/YYYY format. Can anyone let me know how to do it?

Divya · Accepted Answer

In order to print yesterday's date, you need to substract one day from today's date and then format the date in DD/MM/YYYY format as shown below.

```javascript
$today = new Date();
console.log($today.toDateString()); // prints Sun Apr 26 2020
$yesterday = new Date($today);
$yesterday.setDate($today.getDate() - 1);
console.log($yesterday.toDateString()); // prints Sat Apr 25 2020

let dd = $yesterday.getDate();
let mm = $yesterday.getMonth();
let yyyy =  $yesterday.getFullYear();

let yesterdayDate = (dd < 10 ? '0' + dd : dd)  + '/' + (mm < 10 ? '0' + mm : mm) + '/' + yyyy;
console.log(yesterdayDate); // prints 25/04/2020
```

How do you calculate yesterday's date in DD/MM/YYYY format using JavaScript?

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