How to show current time in JavaScript in the format HH:MM:SS?

Question

You can use native function Date.toLocaleTimeString():

var d = new Date();
var n = d.toLocaleTimeString();

This will display e.g.:

"11:33:01"

MDN: Date toLocaleTimeString

var d = new Date();
var n = d.toLocaleTimeString();
alert("The time is: \n"+n);

function checkTime(i) {
  if (i < 10) {
    i = "0" + i;
  }
  return i;
}

function startTime() {
  var today = new Date();
  var h = today.getHours();
  var m = today.getMinutes();
  var s = today.getSeconds();
  // add a zero in front of numbers<10
  m = checkTime(m);
  s = checkTime(s);
  document.getElementById('time').innerHTML = h + ":" + m + ":" + s;
  t = setTimeout(function() {
    startTime()
  }, 500);
}
startTime();

<div id="time"></div>

DEMO using javaScript only

Update

Updated Demo

(function () {
    function checkTime(i) {
        return (i < 10) ? "0" + i : i;
    }

    function startTime() {
        var today = new Date(),
            h = checkTime(today.getHours()),
            m = checkTime(today.getMinutes()),
            s = checkTime(today.getSeconds());
        document.getElementById('time').innerHTML = h + ":" + m + ":" + s;
        t = setTimeout(function () {
            startTime()
        }, 500);
    }
    startTime();
})();

You can do this in Javascript.

var time = new Date();
console.log(time.getHours() + ":" + time.getMinutes() + ":" + time.getSeconds());

At present it returns 15:5:18. Note that if any of the values are less than 10, they will display using only one digit, not two.

Check this in JSFiddle

Updates:
For prefixed 0's try

var time = new Date();
console.log(
    ("0" + time.getHours()).slice(-2)   + ":" + 
    ("0" + time.getMinutes()).slice(-2) + ":" + 
    ("0" + time.getSeconds()).slice(-2));

You can use moment.js to do this.

var now = new moment();
console.log(now.format("HH:mm:ss"));

Outputs:

16:30:03