Add 2hours to datetime-string in javascript

Question

I get the following string from a webservice, 2014-06-05T10:27:47Z. I want to add 2hours to this.

I tried to convert it to a date and add the time, but it doesn't work. Code below:

var d = new Date("2014-06-05T10:27:47Z");
d = new Date(d + 2*60*60*1000);

What am i doing wrong?

Bakudan · Accepted Answer · 2019-09-03 11:12:35Z

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Use the setHours and getHours methods of the Date object instead of trying to do it yourself.

var d = new Date("2014-06-05T10:27:47Z");

d.setHours(d.getHours() + 2)

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answered Aug 18, 2014 at 13:31

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Georgi Bilyukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-18 13:30:14Z

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You can use setHours method:

var d = new Date("2014-06-05T10:27:47Z");
var d2 = new Date("2014-06-05T10:27:47Z");
d2.setHours ( d .getHours() + 2 );

answered Aug 18, 2014 at 13:30

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