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Created July 23, 2014 12:28
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Get Current Hour with javascript
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>Click the button to display the hour of the time right now.</p>
<button onclick="formatAMPM()">Try it</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<p id="demon"></p>
<script>
//simple current hour
function myFunction() {
var d = new Date();
var n = d.getHours();
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = n;
}
//current hour with AM/PM
function formatAMPM() {
var date = new Date();
var hours = date.getHours();
var minutes = date.getMinutes();
var ampm = hours >= 12 ? 'pm' : 'am';
hours = hours % 12;
hours = hours ? hours : 12; // the hour '0' should be '12'
minutes = minutes < 10 ? '0'+minutes : minutes;
var strTime = hours + ':' + minutes + ' ' + ampm;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = strTime;
}
</script>
</body>
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