How to get tomorrows date in format dd-mm-yy in JavaScript

In this tutorial, we are going to learn about how to get the tomorrows date in format dd-mm-yy in JavaScript using the Date object.

Getting the Tomorrows Date in format dd-mm-yy

To get the tomorrows date in foramt dd-mm-yy:

1. Use the new Date() constructor to access the current date.

2. Increment the date by adding a 1 day to it using the setDate() and getDate() methods.

3. Format the date in dd-mm-yy using the toLocaleDateString() method.

Here is an example:

const current = new Date();
// it adds 1 day to the current date
current.setDate(current.getDate() + 1);

const options = {day: '2-digit', month: '2-digit', year: '2-digit'};
const tomorrowsDate = current.toLocaleDateString('en-GB', options);

console.log(tomorrowsDate);

Output:

"26/01/24"

In the above example, currently we have a slash ’/’ separator. To change it to dash separator ’-’ we can use the replaceAll() method in JavaScript.

Here is an example:

const tomorrowsDate = current.toLocaleDateString('en-GB', options);

console.log(tomorrowsDate.replaceAll('/', '-')); // 26-01-24

Even if today is the last day of a month like August 31. The JavaScript Date object can also figure out tomorrow’s date is September 1st.

Definitions

• The setDate() method takes the day (from 1 to 31) as an argument and sets the value to a Date object.

• The getDate() method gets the current day of the month (from 1 - 31).

• The toLocaleDateString() method in JavaScript returns a string with a language-sensitive representation of the date portion of given date in the local timezone.