How to get current time in a format hh:mm AM/PM in Javascript?

Question

I have a Javascript in which I need to paste the current time in a format HH:MM AM/PM. There\'s one catch - I need to put the time that starts in two hours from now, so for

Answer 1

Use Date methods to set and retrieve time and construct a time string, something along the lines of the snippet.

[edit] Just for fun: added a more generic approach, using 2 Date.prototype extensions.

var now = new Date();
now.setHours(now.getHours()+2);
var isPM = now.getHours() >= 12;
var isMidday = now.getHours() == 12;
var result = document.querySelector('#result');
var time = [now.getHours() - (isPM && !isMidday ? 12 : 0), 
            now.getMinutes(), 
            now.getSeconds() || '00'].join(':') +
           (isPM ? ' pm' : 'am');
            
result.innerHTML = 'the current time plus two hours = '+ time;

// a more generic approach: extend Date
Date.prototype.addTime = addTime;
Date.prototype.showTime = showTime;

result.innerHTML += '
using Date.prototype extensions
';
result.innerHTML += 'the current time plus twenty minutes = '+ 
                      new Date().addTime({minutes: 20}).showTime();
result.innerHTML += '
the current time plus one hour and twenty minutes = '+ 
                      new Date().addTime({hours: 1, minutes: 20}).showTime();
result.innerHTML += '
the current time minus two hours (format military) = '+ 
                      new Date().addTime({hours: -2}).showTime(true);
result.innerHTML += '
the current time plus ten minutes (format military) = '+ 
                      new Date().addTime({minutes: 10}).showTime(true);


function addTime(values) {
  for (var l in values) {
    var unit = l.substr(0,1).toUpperCase() + l.substr(1);
    this['set' + unit](this['get' + unit]() + values[l]);
  }
  return this;
}

function showTime(military) {
  var zeroPad = function () {
    return this < 10 ? '0' + this : this;
  };
  
  if (military) {
    return [ zeroPad.call(this.getHours()),
             zeroPad.call(this.getMinutes()),
             zeroPad.call(this.getSeconds()) ].join(':');
  }
  var isPM = this.getHours() >= 12;
  var isMidday = this.getHours() == 12;
  return time = [ zeroPad.call(this.getHours() - (isPM && !isMidday ? 12 : 0)),
                  zeroPad.call(this.getMinutes()),
                  zeroPad.call(this.getSeconds()) ].join(':') +
                (isPM ? ' pm' : ' am');

  
 
}