Get Colon Time From Date

Introduction

In this lab, we will explore how to extract the time from a Date object and format it as a string in the HH:MM:SS format. We will use the Date.prototype.toTimeString() method to convert the Date object to a string, and then use String.prototype.slice() to extract the HH:MM:SS part of the string. This lab will help you understand how to work with Date objects in JavaScript and format them as needed.

Skills Graph

Here's how to get the colon time from a date object

If you're looking to practice coding, you can start by opening the Terminal/SSH and typing node.

This function returns a string of the form HH:MM:SS from a given Date object.

To achieve this, the Date.prototype.toTimeString() and String.prototype.slice() methods are utilized to extract the HH:MM:SS part of the Date object.

Here's the code for the function:

const getColonTimeFromDate = (date) => date.toTimeString().slice(0, 8);

And here's an example usage:

getColonTimeFromDate(new Date()); // '08:38:00'

Summary

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