Set values in input type date and time in javascript

Question

I have two input fields:

<input type="date" id="currentDate"> <input type="time" id="currentTime"> 

How can I set these fields to the current date/time?

Answer 1

You can just set the value of the input field with the respective formats:

• date is yyyy-MM-dd
• time is HH:mm

Using your example, you can do something simple like:

var date = new Date(); var currentDate = date.toISOString().substring(0,10); var currentTime = date.toISOString().substring(11,16);  document.getElementById('currentDate').value = currentDate; document.getElementById('currentTime').value = currentTime; 

Answer 2

var date = new Date();  var day = date.getDate(),     month = date.getMonth() + 1,     year = date.getFullYear(),     hour = date.getHours(),     min  = date.getMinutes();  month = (month < 10 ? "0" : "") + month; day = (day < 10 ? "0" : "") + day; hour = (hour < 10 ? "0" : "") + hour; min = (min < 10 ? "0" : "") + min;  var today = year + "-" + month + "-" + day,     displayTime = hour + ":" + min;   document.getElementById('formdate').value = today;       document.getElementById("formtime").value = displayTime;