display time in am or pm javascript code example

Example 1: get the current date time in javascript in 12 hour format

//this will give you date object remove the outer new Date to have 
//it as string
const today = new Date(new Date().toLocaleString("en-US", {
    day: '2-digit',
    month: '2-digit',
    year: 'numeric',
    hour: '2-digit',
    minute: '2-digit',
    second: '2-digit',
    hour12: true
}));

Example 2: js date remove am and pm

var ampm = hours >= 12 ? 'pm' : 'am';