how to get current time in moment js?

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To get current time in moment js, just call moment().format() with "hh:mm:ss" time parameter format, it will return current time.

Just import moment in your file and invoke moment().format("hh:mm:ss").

moment().format("hh:mm:ss")

Today, I’m going to show How do I get the current time in moment js, here I will use the momentjs common method moment().format() to the current time.

Let’s start the today’s tutorial How do you get the current time in moment js?

Table of content

1. Installation
2. Example in reactjs

Installation

Use the below installation command as per your package manager, moment support npm, Yarn, NuGet, spm, and meteor.

npm install moment --save   # npm
yarn add moment             # Yarn
Install-Package Moment.js   # NuGet
spm install moment --save   # spm
meteor add momentjs:moment  # meteor

Example in reactjs

In the following example, we are going to do

1. import the moment package
2. create a function and console the current time
3. use moment in react render to print current time.

let’s write the code.

import moment from "moment";

// create a function and console moment
function consoleTheMoment() {
  console.log(moment().format("hh:mm:ss"));
}

function App() {
  consoleTheMoment()
  return (
    <div>
        {/* moment in react render */}
      {moment().format("hh:mm:ss")}
    </div>
  );
}

export default App;

In the above program, we call moment().format() in simple function and in react render method to get the current time using moment.

let’s check the output.

I hope it’s help you, All the best 👍.