How do you display JavaScript datetime in 12 hour

Question

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

Answer 1

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 2

<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 3

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.

Answer 4

Check out Datejs. Their built in formatters can do this: http://code.google.com/p/datejs/wiki/APIDocumentation#toString

It's a really handy library, especially if you are planning on doing other things with date objects.

Answer 5

<script>
var todayDate = new Date();
var getTodayDate = todayDate.getDate();
var getTodayMonth =  todayDate.getMonth()+1;
var getTodayFullYear = todayDate.getFullYear();
var getCurrentHours = todayDate.getHours();
var getCurrentMinutes = todayDate.getMinutes();
var getCurrentAmPm = getCurrentHours >= 12 ? 'PM' : 'AM';
getCurrentHours = getCurrentHours % 12;
getCurrentHours = getCurrentHours ? getCurrentHours : 12; 
getCurrentMinutes = getCurrentMinutes < 10 ? '0'+getCurrentMinutes : getCurrentMinutes;
var getCurrentDateTime = getTodayDate + '-' + getTodayMonth + '-' + getTodayFullYear + ' ' + getCurrentHours + ':' + getCurrentMinutes + ' ' + getCurrentAmPm;
alert(getCurrentDateTime);
</script>

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;