jQuery - Change 1-24 hour to 1-12 hour using .getHours() method?

Question

Fiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/bnsex/1/

I want to use 12 hour clock for this code...

$(document).ready(function() {

setInterval( function() {
var hours = n         


        

Answer 1

You can achieve this using the modulus % operator, which finds the remainder of a division operation.

For example, 11 % 12 and 23 % 12 both equal 11, like a 12-hour clock would portray.

var hours = new Date().getHours() % 12;
if (hours == 0) {
    hours += 12;
}

http://jsfiddle.net/ph7Vf/