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

you can determine am or pm with this simple code

var today=new Date();
var noon=new Date(today.getFullYear(),today.getMonth(),today.getDate(),12,0,0);
var ampm = (today.getTime()<noon.getTime())?'am':'pm';

Answer 2

var d = new Date();
var hours = d.getHours() % 12;
  hours = hours ? hours : 12;
    var test = ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec'][(d.getMonth() + 1)] + " " + 
    ("00" + d.getDate()).slice(-2) + " " + 
    d.getFullYear() + " " + 
    ("00" + hours).slice(-2) + ":" + 
    ("00" + d.getMinutes()).slice(-2) + ":" + 
    ("00" + d.getSeconds()).slice(-2) + ' ' + (d.getHours() >= 12 ? 'PM' : 'AM'); 
    
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = test;

<p id="demo" ></p>

Answer 3

Or just simply do the following code:

    <script>
        time = function() {
            var today = new Date();
            var h = today.getHours();
            var m = today.getMinutes();
            var s = today.getSeconds();
            m = checkTime(m);
            s = checkTime(s);
            document.getElementById('txt_clock').innerHTML = h + ":" + m + ":" + s;     
            var t = setTimeout(function(){time()}, 0);
        }

        time2 = function() {
            var today = new Date();
            var h = today.getHours();
            var m = today.getMinutes();
            var s = today.getSeconds();
            m = checkTime(m);
            s = checkTime(s);
            if (h>12) {
                document.getElementById('txt_clock_stan').innerHTML = h-12 + ":" + m + ":" + s;
            }               
            var t = setTimeout(function(){time2()}, 0);
        }

        time3 = function() {
            var today = new Date();
            var h = today.getHours();
            var m = today.getMinutes();
            var s = today.getSeconds();
            if (h>12) {
                document.getElementById('hour_line').style.width = h-12 + 'em'; 
            }
            document.getElementById('minute_line').style.width = m + 'em';  
            document.getElementById('second_line').style.width = s + 'em';  
            var t = setTimeout(function(){time3()}, 0);
        }

        checkTime = function(i) {
            if (i<10) {i = "0" + i};  // add zero in front of numbers < 10
            return i;
        }           
    </script>

Answer 4

In modern browsers, use Intl.DateTimeFormat and force 12hr format with options:

    let now = new Date();

    new Intl.DateTimeFormat('default',
        {
            hour12: true,
            hour: 'numeric',
            minute: 'numeric'
        }).format(now);

    // 6:30 AM

Using default will honor browser's default locale if you add more options, yet will still output 12hr format.

Answer 5

Here my solution

function getTime() {
var systemDate = new Date();
var hours = systemDate.getHours();
var minutes = systemDate.getMinutes();
var strampm;
if (hours >= 12) {
    strampm= "PM";
} else {
    strampm= "AM";
}
hours = hours % 12;
if (hours == 0) {
    hours = 12;
}
_hours = checkTimeAddZero(hours);
_minutes = checkTimeAddZero(minutes);
console.log(_hours + ":" + _minutes + " " + strampm);
}

function checkTimeAddZero(i) {
if (i < 10) {
    i = "0" + i
}
return i;
}

Answer 6

Please find the solution below

var d = new Date();
var amOrPm = (d.getHours() < 12) ? "AM" : "PM";
var hour = (d.getHours() < 12) ? d.getHours() : d.getHours() - 12;
return   d.getDate() + ' / ' + d.getMonth() + ' / ' + d.getFullYear() + ' ' + hour + ':' + d.getMinutes() + ' ' + amOrPm;