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September 30, 2019 06:21
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Formatted JavaScript current date/time function.
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// outputs as: Monday, September 30, 2019 at 2:21:45am | |
function getReadableDate() | |
{ | |
// init arrays | |
var days = ['Sunday', 'Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday', 'Saturday']; | |
var months = ['January', 'February', 'March', 'April', 'May', 'June', 'July', 'August', 'September', 'October', 'November', 'December']; | |
// get date var to work with | |
var now = new Date(); | |
// convert to 12-hour time | |
var currentHour = now.getHours(); | |
var meridiem = 'am'; | |
if (currentHour == 0) { | |
currentHour = 12; // if 0:00, it's 12am | |
} else if (currentHour >= 12) { | |
meridiem = 'pm'; // if 12:00 or later, it's pm | |
if (currentHour >= 13 && currentHour <= 23) { | |
currentHour = currentHour - 12; // e.g. if 13:00, it's 1pm | |
} | |
} | |
// make sure minutes/seconds aren't omitting leading zeros | |
var currentMinute = now.getMinutes(); | |
currentMinute = currentMinute < 10 ? currentMinute = '0' + currentMinute : currentMinute; | |
var currentSecond = now.getSeconds(); | |
currentSecond = currentSecond < 10 ? currentSecond = '0' + currentSecond : currentSecond; | |
// return readable date | |
return days[now.getDay()] + ', ' + months[now.getMonth()] + ' ' + now.getDate() + ', ' + now.getFullYear() + ' at ' + currentHour + ':' + currentMinute + ':' + currentSecond + meridiem; | |
} |
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