How to convert a Date object to output only hh:mm am/pm

Question

I am attempting to convert the following into a 12 hour am/pm format.

Currently I am recieving the Day, Month, Year and timezone.

Fixed by adding .toLocaleTimeString().replace(/([\\d]+:[\\d]{2})(:[\\d]{2})(. )/, "$1$3")*

<div id="time1"></div>
<div id="time2"></div>

var date = new Date('08/16/2019 12:00:00 PM UTC').toLocaleTimeString().replace(/([\d]+:[\d]{2})(:[\d]{2})(.*)/, "$1$3")
document.getElementById("time1").innerHTML = date;

var date = new Date('08/16/2019 6:00:00 am UTC').toLocaleTimeString().replace(/([\d]+:[\d]{2})(:[\d]{2})(.*)/, "$1$3")
document.getElementById("time2").innerHTML = date;

Answer 1

Basically what you have to do is use the Date() default javascript function and make sure you append the UTC timezone:

var date = new Date('08/16/2019 7:00:00 PM UTC')

date.toString=() //will then print out the timezone adjusted time

"Fri Aug 16 2019 22:00:00 GMT+0300 (Eastern European Summer Time)"

Answer 2

There are many built in javascript methods to handle converting date objects. This example will look to the browser to determine date format and time.

let time = Date.now();
time.toLocaleDateString();