get current time in 24 hour format in 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: javascript get 24 hour time

var date = new Date();
console.log(date.toLocaleString('en-GB'));