get current time in js

var today = new Date();
var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();
var d = new Date("2020-12-09T05:30:51.01");
d.getHours(); // => 05
d.getMinutes(); // =>  30
d.getSeconds(); // => 51

/*2020 stand for year
12 stands for moth
and 09 stands for the date.
the T there seperates the date and time
!!!IMPORTANT THE VALUE IS A STRING!!!*/var today = new Date();
var dd = String(today.getDate()).padStart(2, '0');
var mm = String(today.getMonth() + 1).padStart(2, '0'); //January is 0!
var yyyy = today.getFullYear();

today = mm + '/' + dd + '/' + yyyy;
document.write(today);<script>

var today = new Date();

var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();

</script>var date = new Date(Date.UTC(2012, 11, 20, 3, 0, 0));

// formats below assume the local time zone of the locale;
// America/Los_Angeles for the US

// US English uses 12-hour time with AM/PM
console.log(date.toLocaleTimeString('en-US'));
// "7:00:00 PM"

// British English uses 24-hour time without AM/PM
console.log(date.toLocaleTimeString('en-GB'));
// "03:00:00"//HTML
<a onclick="timeNow(test1)" href="#">SET TIME</a>
//Javascript
function timeNow(i) {
  i.value = new Date()
}