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[javascript] Function to get yesterday's date in Javascript in format DD/MM/YYYY

The problem here seems to be that you're reassigning $today by assigning a string to it:

$today = $dd+'/'+$mm+'/'+$yyyy;

Strings don't have getDate.

Also, $today.getDate()-1 just gives you the day of the month minus one; it doesn't give you the full date of 'yesterday'. Try this:

$today = new Date();
$yesterday = new Date($today);
$yesterday.setDate($today.getDate() - 1); //setDate also supports negative values, which cause the month to rollover.

Then just apply the formatting code you wrote:

var $dd = $yesterday.getDate();
var $mm = $yesterday.getMonth()+1; //January is 0!

var $yyyy = $yesterday.getFullYear();
if($dd<10){$dd='0'+$dd} if($mm<10){$mm='0'+$mm} $yesterday = $dd+'/'+$mm+'/'+$yyyy;

Because of the last statement, $yesterday is now a String (not a Date) containing the formatted date.

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