TextExpander Snippet for Yesterday's Julian Day Number

textexpander-snippet-yesterday-julian-day.js

// This is useful for Google searches with date limitations.
// Based on the calculations at https://stackoverflow.com/a/11760121

Date.prototype.getJulian = function() {
  return Math.floor((this / 86400000) - (this.getTimezoneOffset() / 1440) + 2440588);
}


var yesterday = new Date(); //set any date
yesterday.setDate(yesterday.getDate() - 1);
var julian = yesterday.getJulian(); //get Julian counterpart


TextExpander.appendOutput(julian);