Sometimes, we want to format a JavaScript date object into a time string but omit the seconds from the string.
In this article, we’ll look at ways to use the toLocaleTimeString method to return a formatted time string without including the seconds in the string.
Set hour and minute to 2-digit
We can set the hour and minute properties to '2-digit' to get rid of the seconds from the returned time string.
For instance, we can write:
const dateWithoutSecond = new Date();
const formatted = dateWithoutSecond.toLocaleTimeString([], {
hour: '2-digit',
minute: '2-digit'
});
console.log(formatted)
We create a Date instance and store it in the dateWithoutSecond variable.
Then we call toLocateString on it with an object with the hour and minute options set to '2-digit' to return a time string without the seconds.
So formatted would be a string like '04:05 PM’ .
Set timeStyle to short
We can also set the timeStyle option to short to omit the seconds from the returned time string.
For instance, we can write:
const dateWithoutSecond = new Date();
const formatted = dateWithoutSecond.toLocaleTimeString([], {
timeStyle: 'short'
});
console.log(formatted)
to do this.
Then formatted is something like '4:07 PM’ .
Conclusion
We can set various options with toLocateTimeString to return a time string without the seconds part.
