How do you display a JavaScript datetime object in the 12 hour format (AM/PM)?
A short and sweet implementation:
// returns date object in 12hr (AM/PM) format
var formatAMPM = function formatAMPM(d) {
var h = d.getHours();
return (h % 12 || 12)
+ ':' + d.getMinutes().toString().padStart(2, '0')
+ ' ' + (h < 12 ? 'A' : 'P') + 'M';
};
Here's a way using regex:
console.log(new Date('7/10/2013 20:12:34').toLocaleTimeString().replace(/([\d]+:[\d]{2})(:[\d]{2})(.*)/, "$1$3"))
console.log(new Date('7/10/2013 01:12:34').toLocaleTimeString().replace(/([\d]+:[\d]{2})(:[\d]{2})(.*)/, "$1$3"))
This creates 3 matching groups:
([\d]+:[\d]{2})
- Hour:Minute(:[\d]{2})
- Seconds(.*)
- the space and period (Period is the official name for AM/PM)Then it displays the 1st and 3rd groups.
WARNING: toLocaleTimeString() may behave differently based on region / location.
As far as I know, the best way to achieve that without extensions and complex coding is like this:
date.toLocaleString([], { hour12: true});
Javascript AM/PM Format
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>Click the button to display the date and time as a string.</p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button>
<button onclick="fullDateTime()">Try it2</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<p id="demo2"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
var d = new Date();
var n = d.toLocaleString([], { hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit' });
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = n;
}
function fullDateTime() {
var d = new Date();
var n = d.toLocaleString([], { hour12: true});
document.getElementById("demo2").innerHTML = n;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
I found this checking this question out.
How do I use .toLocaleTimeString() without displaying seconds?
function formatTime( d = new Date(), ampm = true )
{
var hour = d.getHours();
if ( ampm )
{
var a = ( hour >= 12 ) ? 'PM' : 'AM';
hour = hour % 12;
hour = hour ? hour : 12; // the hour '0' should be '12'
}
var hour = checkDigit(hour);
var minute = checkDigit(d.getMinutes());
var second = checkDigit(d.getSeconds());
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1408289/how-can-i-do-string-interpolation-in-javascript
return ( ampm ) ? `${hour}:${minute}:${second} ${a}` : `${hour}:${minute}:${second}`;
}
function checkDigit(t)
{
return ( t < 10 ) ? `0${t}` : t;
}
document.querySelector("#time1").innerHTML = formatTime();
document.querySelector("#time2").innerHTML = formatTime( new Date(), false );
<p>ampm true: <span id="time1"></span> (default)</p>
<p>ampm false: <span id="time2"></span></p>
If you don't need to print the am/pm, I found the following nice and concise:
var now = new Date();
var hours = now.getHours() % 12 || 12; // 12h instead of 24h, with 12 instead of 0.
This is based off @bbrame's answer.
try this
var date = new Date();
var hours = date.getHours();
var minutes = date.getMinutes();
var seconds = date.getSeconds();
var ampm = hours >= 12 ? "pm" : "am";