JavaScript setHours()
method sets the hour of a date object. JavaScript getHours()
method returns the hour (from 0 to 23) of the specified date and time. Using JavaScript setHours()
and getHours()
method you can easily add hours to Date object. Here we’ll provide a short and simple code to add hours to JavaScript Date object.
Use the following JavaScript code to add hours to current date.
Date.prototype.addHours = function(h){ this.setHours(this.getHours()+h); return this; }
Provide the hours as a parameter in addHours()
function which you want to add to the Date object.
new Date().addHours(5);
If you display the above code in the alert box, you’ll see 5 hours are added to the current date.
alert(new Date().addHours(5));