How to get current time in JavaScript? Quick Answer

To get the current time in JavaScript, you can use the Date object and its getTime method:

let currentTime = new Date().getTime();

This will give you the current time in milliseconds since the Unix epoch (midnight on January 1, 1970).

If you want to get the current time in a specific format, you can use the toLocaleTimeString method of the Date object:

let currentTime = new Date().toLocaleTimeString();

This will give you a string representation of the current time in the user’s local time zone, using the browser’s default time format.

You can also specify a custom time format by passing a format string as an argument to the toLocaleTimeString method:

let currentTime = new Date().toLocaleTimeString('en-US', {hour: '2-digit', minute: '2-digit'});

This will give you a string representation of the current time in the format “hh:mm” (e.g., “09:30”).

You can find more information about the Date object and its methods in the documentation:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date

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