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

<h1 id="clock_display" class="text-center" style="font-size:40px; color:#ffffff">[CLOCK TIME DISPLAYS HERE]</h1>



<script>
            var AM_or_PM = "AM";

            function startTime(){

                var today = new Date();
                var h = today.getHours();
                var m = today.getMinutes();
                var s = today.getSeconds();

                h = twelve_hour_time(h);
                m = checkTime(m);
                s = checkTime(s);



                document.getElementById('clock_display').innerHTML =
                    h + ":" + m + ":" + s +" "+AM_or_PM;
                var t = setTimeout(startTime, 1000);

            }

            function checkTime(i){

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

            // CONVERT TO 12 HOUR TIME. SET AM OR PM
            function twelve_hour_time(h){

                if(h > 12){
                    h = h - 12;
                    AM_or_PM = " PM";
                }
                return h;

            }

            startTime();

        </script>

Answer 2

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;
}

Answer 3

Updated for more compression

const formatAMPM = (date) => {
  let hours = date.getHours();
  let minutes = date.getMinutes();    
  const ampm = hours >= 12 ? 'pm' : 'am';

  hours %= 12;
  hours = hours || 12;    
  minutes = minutes < 10 ? `0${minutes}` : minutes;

  const strTime = `${hours}:${minutes} ${ampm}`;

  return strTime;
};

console.log(formatAMPM(new Date()));