JS: SVG Clock

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Here is a how to write a analog clock in JavaScript, without library or framework.

HTML code:

<div id="svg_clock_68390"></div>
<script defer src="svg_clock.js"></script>

Here is JavaScript code.

{
// 2015-04-04
// copyright 2015, 2019 Xah Lee
// keep this section
// http://xahlee.info/js/svg_clock.html
// version 2019-04-26

const hour_hand_length = 0.45; // ratio to radius of clock
const minute_hand_length = 0.7; // ratio to radius of clock
const sec_hand_length = 0.9; // ratio to radius of clock

// create a svg tag
const svg_container = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "svg");
svg_container.setAttribute("viewBox", "-1 -1 2 2");

const clock_frame = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "circle");
clock_frame.setAttribute("cx", "0");
clock_frame.setAttribute("cy", "0");
clock_frame.setAttribute("r", ".97");
clock_frame.setAttribute("style", "fill:none;stroke:black; stroke-width:2%");
svg_container.appendChild(clock_frame);

// draw second marks
for (let ii = 0;ii < 60; ii++) {
    const jj = 2 * Math.PI / 60 *ii;
    const sec_pos = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "circle");
    sec_pos.setAttribute("cx", (Math.cos(jj)*.9) .toString ());
    sec_pos.setAttribute("cy", (Math.sin(jj)*.9) .toString ());
    sec_pos.setAttribute("r", "0.8%");
    sec_pos.setAttribute("style", "fill:grey;stroke:none;");
    svg_container.appendChild(sec_pos);
};

// draw hour marks
for (let ii = 0;ii < 12; ii++) {
    const jj = 2 * Math.PI / 12 *ii;
    const hour_pos = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "circle");
    hour_pos.setAttribute("cx", (Math.cos(jj)*.9) .toString ());
    hour_pos.setAttribute("cy", (Math.sin(jj)*.9) .toString ());
    hour_pos.setAttribute("r", "3%");
    hour_pos.setAttribute("style", "fill:black;stroke:none;");
    svg_container.appendChild(hour_pos);
};

// hour hand
const hour_hand = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "line");
hour_hand.setAttribute("x1", "0");
hour_hand.setAttribute("y1", "0");
hour_hand.setAttribute("x2", "0");
hour_hand.setAttribute("y2", (-1 * hour_hand_length) .toString ());
hour_hand.setAttribute("style", "stroke:blue; stroke-width:5%;stroke-linecap:round");
hour_hand.setAttribute("transform", "rotate(" + (((new Date()).getHours() % 12) * 30 + (new Date()).getMinutes() /2) +  ")");
svg_container.appendChild(hour_hand);

// minute hand
const minute_hand = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "line");
minute_hand.setAttribute("x1", "0");
minute_hand.setAttribute("y1", "0");
minute_hand.setAttribute("x2", "0");
minute_hand.setAttribute("y2", (-1 * minute_hand_length) .toString ());
minute_hand.setAttribute("style", "stroke:red; stroke-width:3%;stroke-linecap:round");
minute_hand.setAttribute("transform", "rotate(" + ((new Date()).getMinutes()*6) +  ")");
svg_container.appendChild(minute_hand);

const sec_hand = document.createElementNS("http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", "line");
sec_hand.setAttribute("x1", "0");
sec_hand.setAttribute("y1", "0");
sec_hand.setAttribute("x2", "0");
sec_hand.setAttribute("y2", (-1 * sec_hand_length) .toString ());
sec_hand.setAttribute("style", "stroke:black; stroke-width:1%;stroke-linecap:round");
sec_hand.setAttribute("transform", "rotate(" + ((new Date()).getSeconds()*6) +  ")");
svg_container.appendChild(sec_hand);

const f_update_clock = (() => {
    const dd = new Date();
    sec_hand.setAttribute("transform", "rotate(" + (dd.getSeconds()*6) +  ")");
    minute_hand.setAttribute("transform", "rotate(" + (dd.getMinutes()*6) +  ")");
    hour_hand.setAttribute("transform", "rotate(" + ((dd.getHours() % 12) * 30 + dd.getMinutes() /2) +  ")");
});

const newNode = document.createElement("div");
newNode.style.maxWidth= "300px";
newNode. appendChild(svg_container);
document.currentScript. insertAdjacentElement("afterend", newNode);

setInterval( f_update_clock , 1000);

}

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