[javascript] subtract time from date - moment js

I have for instance this datetime:

01:20:00 06-26-2014

and I want to subtract a time like this:

00:03:15

after that I'd like to format the result like this:

3 hours and 15 minutes earlier.

How can I do that using moment.js ?

edit: I tried:

var time = moment( "00:03:15" );
var date = moment( "2014-06-07 09:22:06" );

date.subtract (time); 

but the result is the same as date

Thanks

I might be missing something in your question here... but from what I can gather, by using the subtract method this should be what you're looking to do:

var timeStr = "00:03:15";
    timeStr = timeStr.split(':');

var h = timeStr[1],
    m = timeStr[2];

var newTime = moment("01:20:00 06-26-2014")
    .subtract({'hours': h, 'minutes': m})
    .format('hh:mm');

var str = h + " hours and " + m + " minutes earlier: " + newTime;

console.log(str); // 3 hours and 15 minutes earlier: 10:05

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     var timeStr = "00:03:15";_x000D_
        timeStr = timeStr.split(':');_x000D_
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    var h = timeStr[1],_x000D_
        m = timeStr[2];_x000D_
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    var newTime = moment("01:20:00 06-26-2014")_x000D_
        .subtract({'hours': h, 'minutes': m})_x000D_
        .format('hh:mm');_x000D_
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    var str = h + " hours and " + m + " minutes earlier: " + newTime;_x000D_
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    $('#new-time').html(str);_x000D_
})

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I use moment.js http://momentjs.com/

var start = moment(StartTimeString).toDate().getTime();
var end = moment(EndTimeString).toDate().getTime();
var timespan = end - start;
var duration = moment(timespan);
var output = duration.format("YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss");

There is a simple function subtract which moment library gives us to subtract time from some time. Using it is also very simple.

moment(Date.now()).subtract(7, 'days'); // This will subtract 7 days from current time
moment(Date.now()).subtract(3, 'd'); // This will subtract 3 days from current time

//You can do this for days, years, months, hours, minutes, seconds
//You can also subtract multiple things simulatneously

//You can chain it like this.
moment(Date.now()).subtract(3, 'd').subtract(5. 'h'); // This will subtract 3 days and 5 hours from current time

//You can also use it as object literal
moment(Date.now()).subtract({days:3, hours:5}); // This will subtract 3 days and 5 hours from current time

Hope this helps!

Michael Richardson's solution is great. If you would like to subtract dates (because Google will point you here if you search for it), you could also say:

var date1 = moment( "2014-06-07 00:03:00" );
var date2 = moment( "2014-06-07 09:22:00" );

differenceInMs = date2.diff(date1); // diff yields milliseconds
duration = moment.duration(differenceInMs); // moment.duration accepts ms
differenceInMinutes = duration.asMinutes(); // if you would like to have the output 559

You can create a much cleaner implementation with Moment.js Durations. No manual parsing necessary.

var time = moment.duration("00:03:15");_x000D_
var date = moment("2014-06-07 09:22:06");_x000D_
date.subtract(time);_x000D_
$('#MomentRocks').text(date.format())

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