get the current time in javascript code example

Example 1: javascript get current time

var today = new Date();
var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();

Example 2: javascript date get current date

var today = new Date();
var date = today.getFullYear()+'-'+(today.getMonth()+1)+'-'+today.getDate();
//var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();
var dateTime = date+' '+time;
The dateTime variable contains result as:

2018-8-3 //11:12:40

Example 3: javascript current date time

var today = new Date().toLocaleDateString(undefined, {
    day: '2-digit',
    month: '2-digit',
    year: 'numeric',
    hour: '2-digit',
    minute: '2-digit',
    second: '2-digit'
})

Example 4: currentTime(); javascript

var d = new Date("2020-12-09T05:30:51.01");
d.getHours(); // => 05
d.getMinutes(); // =>  30
d.getSeconds(); // => 51

/*2020 stand for year
12 stands for moth
and 09 stands for the date.
the T there seperates the date and time
!!!IMPORTANT THE VALUE IS A STRING!!!*/

Example 5: get current time in js

<script>

var today = new Date();

var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();

</script>

Example 6: js get date in ms

Date.now() // 1602680486141