A quick solution which works on the input that you’ve specified:
function parseTime( t ) {
var d = new Date();
var time = t.match( /(\d+)(?::(\d\d))?\s*(p?)/ );
d.setHours( parseInt( time[1]) + (time[3] ? 12 : 0) );
d.setMinutes( parseInt( time[2]) || 0 );
return d;
}
var tests = [
'1:00 pm','1:00 p.m.','1:00 p','1:00pm','1:00p.m.','1:00p','1 pm',
'1 p.m.','1 p','1pm','1p.m.', '1p', '13:00','13', '1a', '12', '12a', '12p', '12am', '12pm', '2400am', '2400pm', '2400',
'1000', '100', '123', '2459', '2359', '2359am', '1100', '123p',
'1234', '1', '9', '99', '999', '9999', '99999', '0000', '0011', '-1', 'mioaw' ];
for ( var i = 0; i < tests.length; i++ ) {
console.log( tests[i].padStart( 9, ' ' ) + " = " + parseTime(tests[i]) );
}
It should work for a few other varieties as well (even if a.m. is used, it’ll still work – for example). Obviously this is pretty crude but it’s also pretty lightweight (much cheaper to use that than a full library, for example).
Warning: The code doe not work with 12:00 AM, etc.