Can an html input element with a type of time have a default value?

Question

Should the following code work to set a default time? If not, is there a way to make it work strictly with html and no Javascript?

<input type="time" name="time" id="whatever" value="1:10">

When I manually set a time to the widget and use document.getElementById("whatever").value to output the value I get a string that uses military time to denote am/pm.

Thank you.

Answer 1

You need to use HH:MM format, so:

<input type="time" name="time" id="whatever" value="13:10">

for 1PM or:

<input type="time" name="time" id="whatever" value="01:10">

for 1AM .

Demo