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Generate array of times (as strings) for every X minutes in JavaScript

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I'm trying to create an array of times (strings, not Date objects) for every X minutes throughout a full 24 hours. For example, for a 5 minute interval the array would be:

['12:00 AM', '12:05 AM', '12:10 AM', '12:15 AM', ..., '11:55 PM']

My quick and dirty solution was to use 3 nested for loops:

var times = []

  , periods = ['AM', 'PM']

  , hours = [12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]

  , prop = null

  , hour = null

  , min = null; 



for (prop in periods) {

  for (hour in hours) {

    for (min = 0; min < 60; min += 5) {

      times.push(('0' + hours[hour]).slice(-2) + ':' + ('0' + min).slice(-2) +   + periods[prop]);

    }

  }

}

This outputs the desired result but I'm wondering if there's a more elegant solution. Is there a way to do this that's:

more readable

less time complex

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answered 8 Years ago braeden · Accepted Answer

If the interval is only to be set in minutes[0-60], then evaluate the below solution w/o creating the date object and in single loop:

var x = 5; //minutes interval

var times = []; // time array

var tt = 0; // start time

var ap = ['AM', 'PM']; // AM-PM



//loop to increment the time and push results in array

for (var i=0;tt<24*60; i++) {

  var hh = Math.floor(tt/60); // getting hours of day in 0-24 format

  var mm = (tt%60); // getting minutes of the hour in 0-55 format

  times[i] = (0 + (hh % 12)).slice(-2) + ':' + (0 + mm).slice(-2) + ap[Math.floor(hh/12)]; // pushing data in array in [00:00 - 12:00 AM/PM format]

  tt = tt + x;

}



console.log(times);