When I use the "getHour()" method in javascript, it displays the military time format. I need it to display the hour in numbers between 1-12 instead. Can anybody tell me how to do this? Here is the code I am using:
function updateclock()
{
var time = new Date();
var todisplay = '';
if (time.getHours() < 10) todisplay += time.getHours();
else todisplay += time.getHours();
if (time.getMinutes() < 10) todisplay += ':0' + time.getMinutes();
else todisplay += ':' + time.getMinutes();
document.getElementById("clock").innerHTML = todisplay;
}
This will correct 13 - 24 back to the range 1 - 12, and 0 back to 12:
var hours = time.getHours();
if (hours > 12) {
hours -= 12;
} else if (hours === 0) {
hours = 12;
}
Also, you need to stop repeating yourself in your code. Call time.getHours()
and time.getMinutes()
and store their values just once each, and then worry about adding the leading zeroes, e.g.:
function updateclock() {
function pad(n) {
return (n < 10) ? '0' + n : n;
}
var time = new Date();
var hours = time.getHours();
var minutes = time.getMinutes();
if (hours > 12) {
hours -= 12;
} else if (hours === 0) {
hours = 12;
}
var todisplay = pad(hours) + ':' + pad(minutes);
document.getElementById("clock").innerHTML = todisplay;
}
Why not do it the brief way? Math, people! :)
// returns the hours number for a date, between 1 and 12
function hours12(date) { return (date.getHours() + 24) % 12 || 12; }
function getClockTime(){
var now = new Date();
var hour = now.getHours();
var minute = now.getMinutes();
var second = now.getSeconds();
var ap = "AM";
if (hour > 11) { ap = "PM"; }
if (hour > 12) { hour = hour - 12; }
if (hour == 0) { hour = 12; }
if (hour < 10) { hour = "0" + hour; }
if (minute < 10) { minute = "0" + minute; }
if (second < 10) { second = "0" + second; }
var timeString = hour + ':' + minute + ':' + second + " " + ap;
return timeString;
}
This Function will give the perfect time format in 1-12 hours
Other answers are indeed very good.
But I think, following can be included too.
var d = new Date();
var hour = d.getHours();
var minute = d.getMinutes();
var fulltime = "";
// create a 24 elements(0-23) array containing following values
const arrayHrs = [12,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11];
// since getMinutes() returns 0 to 9 for upto 9 minutes, not 00 to 09, we can do this
if(minute < 10) {
minute = "0" + minute;
}
if( hour < 12) {
// Just for an example, if hour = 11 and minute = 29
fulltime = arrayHrs[hour] + ":" + minute + " AM"; // fulltime = 11:29 AM
}
else {
// similarly, if hour = 22 and minute = 8
fulltime = arrayHrs[hour] + ":" + minute + " PM"; // fulltime = 10:08 PM
}
See what I did there in arrayHrs ;)
the easy way to use this.
setInterval(function() {
var d = new Date();
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML =
d.getHours() % 12+" : "+d.getMinutes()+" : "+d.getSeconds();
}, 1000);
<p id="demo" ></p>
getDateTime = () => {
const today = new Date();
const day = today.toLocaleDateString('en-us', { weekday: 'short' });
const month = today.toLocaleString('en-us', { month: 'short' });
const date = today.getDate()
const year = today.getFullYear()
const hours = today.getHours()
const minutes = today.getMinutes().toString()
var dayORnight = "AM";
if (hours > 11) { dayORnight = "PM"; }
if (hours > 12) { hours = hours - 12; }
if (hours == 0) { hours = 12; }
if (hours < 10) { hours = "0" + hours; }
if (minutes < 10) { minutes = "0" + minutes; }
const datetime = `${day}, ${month} ${date}, ${year} at ${hours}:${minutes} ${dayORnight}`;
console.log(datetime)
}