How to get current date/time in seconds in JavaScript?

Javascript Web Development Front End Technology

To convert time in seconds, firstly get the current time. Then, multiply the hours to 3600 and minutes to 60; rest you can see below −

(hours*3600) + (min*60) + sec

Example

You can try to run the following code to get the current time in seconds −

Live Demo

<html>
   <head>
      <title>JavaScript Get Seconds</title>
   </head>
   <body>
      <script>
         var dt = new Date();
         var sec = dt.getSeconds();
         document.write("Seconds: " + sec);
         var min = dt.getMinutes();
         document.write("<br>Minutes: " + min);
         var hrs = dt.getHours();
         document.write("<br>Hours: " + hrs);
         var total_seconds = (hrs*3600) + (min*60) + sec;
         document.write("<br>Total seconds: " + total_seconds) ;
      </script>
   </body>
</html>

Output

Seconds: 35
Minutes: 37
Hours: 9
Total seconds: 34655

Abhinanda Shri

Published on 13-Feb-2018 09:09:01

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