useCurrentTime - a custom React hook for getting and keeping track of the time

A lightweight package (1.9 kB) using React hooks

Useful for clocks, calendars and any where else the current time is displayed.

Returns date object, hours (num), minutes (num), seconds (num), standard (1-12) time (string), and military (0-23) time (string)

Install

npm install react-use-current-time

Example

import React from 'react'
import { useCurrentTime } from 'react-use-current-time'

function MyApp() {
  const { date, hours, minutes, seconds, time, military } = useCurrentTime();
  console.log('date:', date, 'hours:', hours, 'minutes:', minutes, 'seconds:', seconds, 'time:', time, 'military:' military ) 

}