How to add time by value in Moment.js?

Question

var now = moment();
var fiveMinutesLater = now.add(5, 'minutes');
now === fiveMinutesLater // --> true

From the above, now and fiveMinutesLater are the same object reference and containing the same value.

Instead of modifying the original moment object, can I have add() returning a new moment object with new value?

That is, after line 2, fiveMinutesLater is really 5 minutes later than now .

Answer 1

Clone it. Try this:

var fiveMinutesLater = moment(now).add(5, 'minutes');