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 )
}
