toLocaleTimeString

Summary

Returns a time as a string value appropriate to the host environment’s current locale.

Syntax

toLocaleTimeString()

Examples

var nowdate = new Date();
alert(nowdate.toLocaleTimeString());
// output: "11:34:06 AM"

Remarks

String that contains a time, in the current time zone, in a human readable format. The date is in the default format of the host environment’s current locale.

Usage

 The return value of toLocaleTimeString cannot be relied upon in scripting, as it will vary from computer to computer. The toLocaleTimeString method should only be used to format display - never as part of a computation.

See also

Other articles

• toString Method (Date)
• toDateString Method (Date)
• toGMTString Method (Date)
• toISOString Method (Date)
• toLocaleString Method (Date)
• toLocaleDateString Method (Date)
• toTimeString Method (Date)
• toUTCString Method (Date)

External resources

• toLocaleTimeString(), by Mozilla Developer Network
• toLocaleTimeString(), by Microsoft Developer Network

Specification

Date.prototype.toLocaleTimeString()

ECMAScript® Language Specification Standard ECMA-262 5.1 Edition / June 2011

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Article