JavaScript: Get seconds with leading zeros

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:49 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

JavaScript Datetime: Exercise-36 with Soutilon

Write a JavaScript function to get seconds with leading zeros (00 through 59).

Test Data:
dt = new Date();
console.log(seconds_with_leading_zeros(dt));
"India Standard Time"

Sample Solution:-

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript function to get seconds with leading zeros (00 through 59)</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function seconds_with_leading_zeros(dt) 
{ 
  return (dt.getMinutes() < 10 ? '0' : '') + dt.getMinutes();
}

dt = new Date(); 
console.log(seconds_with_leading_zeros(dt)); 

dt = new Date(1989, 10, 1); 
console.log(seconds_with_leading_zeros(dt));

Sample Output:

47
00

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen JavaScript - Get seconds with leading zeros-date-ex-36 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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