How do you display JavaScript datetime in 12 hour AM/PM format?

Question

How do you display a JavaScript datetime object in the 12 hour format (AM/PM)?

Answer 1

function getDateTime() {
  var now = new Date();
  var year = now.getFullYear();
  var month = now.getMonth() + 1;
  var day = now.getDate();

  if (month.toString().length == 1) {
    month = '0' + month;
  }
  if (day.toString().length == 1) {
    day = '0' + day;
  }

  var hours = now.getHours();
  var minutes = now.getMinutes();
  var ampm = hours >= 12 ? 'pm' : 'am';
  hours = hours % 12;
  hours = hours ? hours : 12;
  minutes = minutes < 10 ? '0' + minutes : minutes;
  var timewithampm = hours + ':' + minutes + ' ' + ampm;

  var dateTime = monthNames[parseInt(month) - 1] + ' ' + day + ' ' + year + ' ' + timewithampm;
  return dateTime;
}