Generate array of times (as strings) for every X minutes in JavaScript

Question

I\'m trying to create an array of times (strings, not Date objects) for every X minutes throughout a full 24 hours. For example, for a 5 minute interval the arr

Answer 1

Manipulating with a date as with integer and using single loop:

var interval = 5 * 60 * 1000; //5 minutes 
var period = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000; //dat period

//just converts any time to desired string
var toString = function toString(time){  
  var h = time.getHours();
  var m = time.getMinutes();
  var p = h >= 12 ? "PM" : "AM";
  h = h || 12;
  h = h > 12 ? h - 12 : h;  
  return ("0" + h).slice(-2) + ":" + ("0" + m).slice(-2) + " " + p;
}

//start time
var time = new Date(2010, 0, 1);

//resulting array
var times = [];

for ( var t = +time; t < +time + period; t += interval){  
  var d = toString(new Date(t));  
  times.push(d);
}