function formatDate(date: Date, format) { format = format.replace(/MM/g, ('0' + (date.getMonth() + 1)).slice(-2)); format = format.replace(/dd/g, ('0' + date.getDate()).slice(-2)); return format; }; let date: Date = new Date(2015, 0, 1); let dateStr: String; let monthNum: number; let dayNum10: number; let dayNum01: number; let answerCount: number = 0; for (let dayCount = 0; dayCount < 365; dayCount++) { dateStr = formatDate(date, 'MMdd'); monthNum = parseInt(dateStr.substr(0, 2)) dayNum10 = parseInt(dateStr.substr(2, 1)) dayNum01 = parseInt(dateStr.substr(3, 1)) if (monthNum == dayNum10 + dayNum01) { answerCount++; } date.setDate(date.getDate() + 1); } console.log(answerCount);