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Google App Scripts - Getting a constant "Yesterday"

I'm trying to set a const "Yesterday" but the script is not recognised as a function (I'm using Google App Scripts).
I've tried different syntax including:
const yesterday = today.setDate(-1);
and
const yesterday = new Date(today.setDate(-1));
But neither worked.
I'm pretty sure it should be a minor change but I cannot figure out how to solve this.
A little help would be highly appreciated, thanks !
const ss = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet();
const sheet = ss.getSheetByName('My Report');
function insertColumn() {
const range = sheet.getRange('H1:H69').getValues();
const newrange = sheet.getRange('I1:I69');
const rules = sheet.getConditionalFormatRules();
const today = Utilities.formatDate(new Date(), "GMT+7", "MM/dd/yyyy");
const yesterday = new Date(today.setDate(-1));

Your issue is that today is not a Date object, because you've called Utilities.formatDate on it. This is why you are getting an error when trying to use today.setDate(). So you need to use another variable to allow you to compute yesterday. For example:
const tmp = new Date();
const yesterday = new Date(tmp.setDate(tmp.getDate()-1))
Also note that setDate(-1) sets the date to the penultimate day in the previous month (e.g. March 30 when you are in April), you need to get the current date (using getDate) and subtract 1 from that to get yesterday's date.

getYesterday() {
let date = new Date();
let yesterday_milliseconds = date.getTime() - 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
let yesterday = new Date();
yesterday.setTime(yesterday_milliseconds);
let strYear = yesterday.getFullYear();
let strDay = yesterday.getDate();
let strMonth = yesterday.getMonth() + 1;
if (strMonth < 10) {
strMonth = "0" + strMonth;
}
if (strDay < 10) {
strDay = "0" + strDay;
}
return strYear + "-" + strMonth + "-" + strDay;
},

function yesterday() {
let dt = new Date();
Logger.log(new Date(dt.setDate(dt.getDate() - 1)));
}
From MDN setDate() returns: The number of milliseconds between 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC and the given date... not a date object

How can I get the first and last day of the week crossing months in javascript [duplicate]

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How to get first and last day of the current week in JavaScript
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So for example, monday is sep 28, a week from monday, sunday is oct 4. How Can I get the first and last day of the week? So far the solutions cover only days belonging in the same month. Please help. Thanks

You can use date-fns library for that:
const start = startOfWeek(date);
const end = endOfWeek(date);
Check out these threads for more solutions:
How to get first and last day of current week when days are in different months?
How to get first and last day of the week in JavaScript

You want to look into the Date.getDay() method. This returns a number from 0-6 for the day of the week (Sunday is 0).
As a function, it could look like this:
function getMonday(date){
const originalDay = date.getDay();
const monday = 1;
const newDate = new Date(date);
const delta = originalDay === 0 ? 1 : originalDay - monday;
newDate.setDate(newDate.getDate() - delta);
return newDate;
}

You can add a week to the starting date's time and construct a new date:
const DAY = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24; // ms * seconds * minutes * hours
const WEEK = DAY * 7;
const today = new Date('2020-09-29');
const nextWeek = new Date(today.getTime() + WEEK);
console.log(nextWeek.toUTCString());
Then add or subtract from that date to get the first/last day of the week if necessary.
const DAY = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
const WEEK = DAY * 7;
const today = new Date('2020-09-29');
const nextWeek = new Date(today.getTime() + WEEK);
const day = nextWeek.getDay(); // 0 sunday, 6 saturday
const firstDay = new Date(nextWeek.getTime() - (day * DAY));
const lastDay = new Date(nextWeek.getTime() + ((6 - day) * DAY));
console.log(firstDay.toUTCString()); // monday
console.log(lastDay.toUTCString()); // sunday

How to get date after n number of days in a date range?

Suppose I have a start date which is 3/Sep/2019 and end date 10/Sep/2019.
I want to get the date after 4 days from the starting date. So if my starting date is 3/sep/2019 I want to get 7/Sep/2019 but not 12/sep/2019 since this date comes after my end date.
How can I achieve this?
So far I'm getting dates after n number of dates like this:
var days = 7;
var date = new Date();
var res = date.setTime(date.getTime() + days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
date = new Date(res);
alert(date);

var days = 7;
var date = new Date();
var res = date.setDate(date.getDate() + days);
This is how you get a day 7 days after the date you already have. It wraps to the next month when appropriate as well.

Try the function I wrote below:
function getFutureDate(daysAhead) {
const date = new Date();
date.setDate(date.getDate() + daysAhead);
return date
}
const fourDays = getFutureDate(4)
console.log(fourDays)

Javascript - Find out if date is between two dates, ignoring year

I need to find out if my date is between two dates (for checking birthday whether its between +/- 10 days of current date) without taking care of year (because for birthday we don't need year).
I have tried the following but its typical match and will not ignore year. If i ll compare only date and month then overlap on month end makes problems.
(moment(new Date()).isBetween(moment(date).add(10, 'days'), moment(date).subtract(10, 'days')));

Here is the solution that i was end up with.
const birthDate= new Date(birthDate);
birthDate.setFullYear(new Date().getFullYear());
const isBirthdayAround = Math.abs(birthday - new Date) < 10*24*60*60*1000;
And if you are using moment then:
const birthDate= new Date(birthDate);
birthDate.setFullYear(new Date().getFullYear());
const isBirthdayAround = moment(new Date()).isBetween(moment(birthDate).subtract(10, 'days'), moment(birthDate).add(10, 'days'));

if(Math.abs(birthday - new Date) < 10/*d*/ * 24/*h*/ * 60/*min*/ * 60/*secs*/ * 1000/*ms*/)
alert("somewhat in the range");
You can just work with dates as if they were milliseconds. Just get the difference by subtracting them, then check if its smaller than 10 days in milliseconds.

You can use momentjs with methods subtract and add to find any date you want.
Example:
moment().add(7, 'days'); // next 7 days
moment().subtract(7, 'days'); // 7 days ago

This may be help you.
var birthDate = new Date("05/16/1993");
var day = birthDate.getDate();
var month = birthDate.getMonth();
var currentDate = new Date();
var tempDate = new Date();
var oneDay = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24
var dayDifference = 10 // you can set here difference
tempDate = new Date(tempDate.setMonth(month,day))
var timeDiff = tempDate.getTime() - currentDate.getTime();
timeDiff = Math.round(timeDiff / oneDay)
if(-dayDifference <= timeDiff && timeDiff <=dayDifference){
alert("matched")
}
else{
alert("not matched")
}

JavaScript - get the first day of the week from current date

I need the fastest way to get the first day of the week. For example: today is the 11th of November, and a Thursday; and I want the first day of this week, which is the 8th of November, and a Monday. I need the fastest method for MongoDB map function, any ideas?

Using the getDay method of Date objects, you can know the number of day of the week (being 0=Sunday, 1=Monday, etc).
You can then subtract that number of days plus one, for example:
function getMonday(d) {
d = new Date(d);
var day = d.getDay(),
diff = d.getDate() - day + (day == 0 ? -6:1); // adjust when day is sunday
return new Date(d.setDate(diff));
}
getMonday(new Date()); // Mon Nov 08 2010

Not sure how it compares for performance, but this works.
var today = new Date();
var day = today.getDay() || 7; // Get current day number, converting Sun. to 7
if( day !== 1 ) // Only manipulate the date if it isn't Mon.
today.setHours(-24 * (day - 1)); // Set the hours to day number minus 1
// multiplied by negative 24
alert(today); // will be Monday
Or as a function:
# modifies _date_
function setToMonday( date ) {
var day = date.getDay() || 7;
if( day !== 1 )
date.setHours(-24 * (day - 1));
return date;
}
setToMonday(new Date());

CMS's answer is correct but assumes that Monday is the first day of the week.
Chandler Zwolle's answer is correct but fiddles with the Date prototype.
Other answers that add/subtract hours/minutes/seconds/milliseconds are wrong because not all days have 24 hours.
The function below is correct and takes a date as first parameter and the desired first day of the week as second parameter (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, etc.). Note: the hour, minutes and seconds are set to 0 to have the beginning of the day.
function firstDayOfWeek(dateObject, firstDayOfWeekIndex) {
const dayOfWeek = dateObject.getDay(),
firstDayOfWeek = new Date(dateObject),
diff = dayOfWeek >= firstDayOfWeekIndex ?
dayOfWeek - firstDayOfWeekIndex :
6 - dayOfWeek
firstDayOfWeek.setDate(dateObject.getDate() - diff)
firstDayOfWeek.setHours(0,0,0,0)
return firstDayOfWeek
}
// August 18th was a Saturday
let lastMonday = firstDayOfWeek(new Date('August 18, 2018 03:24:00'), 1)
// outputs something like "Mon Aug 13 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0200"
// (may vary according to your time zone)
document.write(lastMonday)

First / Last Day of The Week
To get the upcoming first day of the week, you can use something like so:
function getUpcomingSunday() {
const date = new Date();
const today = date.getDate();
const currentDay = date.getDay();
const newDate = date.setDate(today - currentDay + 7);
return new Date(newDate);
}
console.log(getUpcomingSunday());
Or to get the latest first day:
function getLastSunday() {
const date = new Date();
const today = date.getDate();
const currentDay = date.getDay();
const newDate = date.setDate(today - (currentDay || 7));
return new Date(newDate);
}
console.log(getLastSunday());
* Depending on your time zone, the beginning of the week doesn't has to start on Sunday, it can start on Friday, Saturday, Monday or any other day your machine is set to. Those methods will account for that.
* You can also format it using toISOString method like so: getLastSunday().toISOString()

Check out Date.js
Date.today().previous().monday()

var dt = new Date(); // current date of week
var currentWeekDay = dt.getDay();
var lessDays = currentWeekDay == 0 ? 6 : currentWeekDay - 1;
var wkStart = new Date(new Date(dt).setDate(dt.getDate() - lessDays));
var wkEnd = new Date(new Date(wkStart).setDate(wkStart.getDate() + 6));
This will work well.

I'm using this
function get_next_week_start() {
var now = new Date();
var next_week_start = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate()+(8 - now.getDay()));
return next_week_start;
}

Returns Monday 00am to Monday 00am.
const now = new Date()
const startOfWeek = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), now.getDate() - now.getDay() + 1)
const endOfWeek = new Date(now.getFullYear(), now.getMonth(), startOfWeek.getDate() + 7)

This function uses the current millisecond time to subtract the current week, and then subtracts one more week if the current date is on a monday (javascript counts from sunday).
function getMonday(fromDate) {
// length of one day i milliseconds
var dayLength = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
// Get the current date (without time)
var currentDate = new Date(fromDate.getFullYear(), fromDate.getMonth(), fromDate.getDate());
// Get the current date's millisecond for this week
var currentWeekDayMillisecond = ((currentDate.getDay()) * dayLength);
// subtract the current date with the current date's millisecond for this week
var monday = new Date(currentDate.getTime() - currentWeekDayMillisecond + dayLength);
if (monday > currentDate) {
// It is sunday, so we need to go back further
monday = new Date(monday.getTime() - (dayLength * 7));
}
return monday;
}
I have tested it when week spans over from one month to another (and also years), and it seems to work properly.

Good evening,
I prefer to just have a simple extension method:
Date.prototype.startOfWeek = function (pStartOfWeek) {
var mDifference = this.getDay() - pStartOfWeek;
if (mDifference < 0) {
mDifference += 7;
}
return new Date(this.addDays(mDifference * -1));
}
You'll notice this actually utilizes another extension method that I use:
Date.prototype.addDays = function (pDays) {
var mDate = new Date(this.valueOf());
mDate.setDate(mDate.getDate() + pDays);
return mDate;
};
Now, if your weeks start on Sunday, pass in a "0" for the pStartOfWeek parameter, like so:
var mThisSunday = new Date().startOfWeek(0);
Similarly, if your weeks start on Monday, pass in a "1" for the pStartOfWeek parameter:
var mThisMonday = new Date().startOfWeek(1);
Regards,

a more generalized version of this... this will give you any day in the current week based on what day you specify.
//returns the relative day in the week 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday ... 6 = Saturday
function getRelativeDayInWeek(d,dy) {
d = new Date(d);
var day = d.getDay(),
diff = d.getDate() - day + (day == 0 ? -6:dy); // adjust when day is sunday
return new Date(d.setDate(diff));
}
var monday = getRelativeDayInWeek(new Date(),1);
var friday = getRelativeDayInWeek(new Date(),5);
console.log(monday);
console.log(friday);

Simple solution for getting the first day of the week.
With this solution, it is possible to set an arbitrary start of week (e.g. Sunday = 0, Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, etc.).
function getBeginOfWeek(date = new Date(), startOfWeek = 1) {
const result = new Date(date);
while (result.getDay() !== startOfWeek) {
result.setDate(result.getDate() - 1);
}
return result;
}
The solution correctly wraps on months (due to Date.setDate() being used)
For startOfWeek, the same constant numbers as in Date.getDay() can be used

setDate() has issues with month boundaries that are noted in comments above. A clean workaround is to find the date difference using epoch timestamps rather than the (surprisingly counterintuitive) methods on the Date object. I.e.
function getPreviousMonday(fromDate) {
var dayMillisecs = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
// Get Date object truncated to date.
var d = new Date(new Date(fromDate || Date()).toISOString().slice(0, 10));
// If today is Sunday (day 0) subtract an extra 7 days.
var dayDiff = d.getDay() === 0 ? 7 : 0;
// Get date diff in millisecs to avoid setDate() bugs with month boundaries.
var mondayMillisecs = d.getTime() - (d.getDay() + dayDiff) * dayMillisecs;
// Return date as YYYY-MM-DD string.
return new Date(mondayMillisecs).toISOString().slice(0, 10);
}

Here is my solution:
function getWeekDates(){
var day_milliseconds = 24*60*60*1000;
var dates = [];
var current_date = new Date();
var monday = new Date(current_date.getTime()-(current_date.getDay()-1)*day_milliseconds);
var sunday = new Date(monday.getTime()+6*day_milliseconds);
dates.push(monday);
for(var i = 1; i < 6; i++){
dates.push(new Date(monday.getTime()+i*day_milliseconds));
}
dates.push(sunday);
return dates;
}
Now you can pick date by returned array index.

An example of the mathematically only calculation, without any Date functions.
const date = new Date();
const ts = +date;
const mondayTS = ts - ts % (60 * 60 * 24 * (7-4) * 1000);
const monday = new Date(mondayTS);
console.log(monday.toISOString(), 'Day:', monday.getDay());
const formatTS = v => new Date(v).toISOString();
const adjust = (v, d = 1) => v - v % (d * 1000);
const d = new Date('2020-04-22T21:48:17.468Z');
const ts = +d; // 1587592097468
const test = v => console.log(formatTS(adjust(ts, v)));
test(); // 2020-04-22T21:48:17.000Z
test(60); // 2020-04-22T21:48:00.000Z
test(60 * 60); // 2020-04-22T21:00:00.000Z
test(60 * 60 * 24); // 2020-04-22T00:00:00.000Z
test(60 * 60 * 24 * (7-4)); // 2020-04-20T00:00:00.000Z, monday
// So, what does `(7-4)` mean?
// 7 - days number in the week
// 4 - shifting for the weekday number of the first second of the 1970 year, the first time stamp second.
// new Date(0) ---> 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000Z
// new Date(0).getDay() ---> 4

It is important to discern between local time and UTC. I wanted to find the start of the week in UTC, so I used the following function.
function start_of_week_utc(date, start_day = 1) {
// Returns the start of the week containing a 'date'. Monday 00:00 UTC is
// considered to be the boundary between adjacent weeks, unless 'start_day' is
// specified. A Date object is returned.
date = new Date(date);
const day_of_month = date.getUTCDate();
const day_of_week = date.getUTCDay();
const difference_in_days = (
day_of_week >= start_day
? day_of_week - start_day
: day_of_week - start_day + 7
);
date.setUTCDate(day_of_month - difference_in_days);
date.setUTCHours(0);
date.setUTCMinutes(0);
date.setUTCSeconds(0);
date.setUTCMilliseconds(0);
return date;
}
To find the start of the week in a given timezone, first add the timezone offset to the input date and then subtract it from the output date.
const local_start_of_week = new Date(
start_of_week_utc(
date.getTime() + timezone_offset_ms
).getTime() - timezone_offset_ms
);

I use this:
let current_date = new Date();
let days_to_monday = 1 - current_date.getDay();
monday_date = current_date.addDays(days_to_monday);
// https://stackoverflow.com/a/563442/6533037
Date.prototype.addDays = function(days) {
var date = new Date(this.valueOf());
date.setDate(date.getDate() + days);
return date;
}
It works fine.

Accepted answer won't work for anyone who runs the code in UTC-XX:XX timezone.
Here is code which will work regardless of timezone for date only. This won't work if you provide time too. Only provide date or parse date and provide it as input. I have mentioned different test cases at start of the code.
function getDateForTheMonday(dateString) {
var orignalDate = new Date(dateString)
var modifiedDate = new Date(dateString)
var day = modifiedDate.getDay()
diff = modifiedDate.getDate() - day + (day == 0 ? -6:1);// adjust when day is sunday
modifiedDate.setDate(diff)
var diffInDate = orignalDate.getDate() - modifiedDate.getDate()
if(diffInDate == 6) {
diff = diff + 7
modifiedDate.setDate(diff)
}
console.log("Given Date : " + orignalDate.toUTCString())
console.log("Modified date for Monday : " + modifiedDate)
}
getDateForTheMonday("2022-08-01") // Jul month with 31 Days
getDateForTheMonday("2022-07-01") // June month with 30 days
getDateForTheMonday("2022-03-01") // Non leap year February
getDateForTheMonday("2020-03-01") // Leap year February
getDateForTheMonday("2022-01-01") // First day of the year
getDateForTheMonday("2021-12-31") // Last day of the year

Extending answer from #Christian C. Salvadó and information from #Ayyash (object is mutable) and #Awi and #Louis Ameline (set hours to 00:00:00)
The function can be like this
function getMonday(d) {
var day = d.getDay(),
diff = d.getDate() - day + (day == 0 ? -6:1); // adjust when day is sunday
d.setDate(diff);
d.setHours(0,0,0,0); // set hours to 00:00:00
return d; // object is mutable no need to recreate object
}
getMonday(new Date())

Check out: moment.js
Example:
moment().day(-7); // last Sunday (0 - 7)
moment().day(7); // next Sunday (0 + 7)
moment().day(10); // next Wednesday (3 + 7)
moment().day(24); // 3 Wednesdays from now (3 + 7 + 7 + 7)
Bonus: works with node.js too