get yesterdays date with javascript

Javascript

/* 
this gets yesterdays date in the following long format
Mon Jan 10 2022 09:46:01 GMT+1100 (Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
*/
let yesterday = new Date(new Date().setDate(new Date().getDate()-1));
console.log(yesterday);

/*
This can be a bit long, so if you want it in a more specific format you can format the results using the following
[ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3552461/how-to-format-a-javascript-date ]
var options = { weekday: 'long', year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' };
var today  = new Date();

console.log(today.toLocaleDateString("en-US")); // 9/17/2016
console.log(today.toLocaleDateString("en-US", options)); // Saturday, September 17, 2016
console.log(today.toLocaleDateString("hi-IN", options)); // शनिवार, 17 सितंबर 2016
*/

var options = { weekday: 'long', year: 'numeric', month: 'long', day: 'numeric' };
console.log(yesterday.toLocaleDateString("en-AU", options));