Adding hours to JavaScript Date object?

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It amazes me that JavaScript’s Date object does not implement an add function of any kind.

I simply want a function that can do this:

var now = Date.now();
var fourHoursLater = now.addHours(4);

function Date.prototype.addHours(h) {

   // how do I implement this?  

}

I would simply like some pointers in a direction.

  • Do I need to do string parsing?

  • Can I use setTime?

  • How about milliseconds?

Like this:

new Date(milliseconds + 4*3600*1000 /*4 hrs in ms*/)?

This seems really hackish though – and does it even work?

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