get current time in js

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

<script>

var today = new Date();

var time = today.getHours() + ":" + today.getMinutes() + ":" + today.getSeconds();

</script>

var date = new Date(Date.UTC(2012, 11, 20, 3, 0, 0));

// formats below assume the local time zone of the locale;
// America/Los_Angeles for the US

// US English uses 12-hour time with AM/PM
console.log(date.toLocaleTimeString('en-US'));
// "7:00:00 PM"

// British English uses 24-hour time without AM/PM
console.log(date.toLocaleTimeString('en-GB'));
// "03:00:00"

//HTML
<a onclick="timeNow(test1)" href="#">SET TIME</a>
//Javascript
function timeNow(i) {
  i.value = new Date()
}