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JavaScript - add years to date

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Saim-Mccullough

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In this article, we would like to show you how to add years to date in JavaScript.

1. Example reusable lambda function

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In this example, we create a simple function that takes two arguments:

date to which we want to add some years,
years - a number of years we want to add.

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const addYears = (date, years) => {
  let result = new Date(date);
  result.setFullYear(result.getFullYear() + years);
  return result;
};
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let date = new Date('2021-08-30T08:00:00.000Z');
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console.log(addYears(date, 1).toISOString());  // 2022-08-30T08:00:00.000Z

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Output:

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2022-08-30T08:00:00.000Z

2. Extending existing `Date` class with `Date.prototype`

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In this example, we add a function to the Date.prototype so we can use it on any date object.

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Date.prototype.addYears = function (years) {
  let date = new Date(this.valueOf());
  date.setFullYear(date.getFullYear() + years);
  return date;
};
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let date = new Date('2021-08-30T08:00:00.000Z');
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console.log(date.addYears(4).toISOString());