diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ff911a..2face7b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -61,6 +61,17 @@ if (something) {
 	// Manual operations (after clockpicker is initialized).
 	$('#demo-input').clockpicker('show') // Or hide, remove ...
 			.clockpicker('toggleView', 'minutes');
+
+	// Get the time of single clockpicker
+	var dateObject = $('#demo-input').clockpicker('getTime');
+	console.log(dateObject);
+
+	// Get the time of a clockpicker list
+	$('.clockpicker').clockpicker('getTime', function(dateObject) {
+		// The clockpicker element
+		console.log(this);
+		console.log(dateObject);
+	});
 }
 </script>
 ```
@@ -69,14 +80,14 @@ if (something) {
 
 | Name | Default | Description |
 | ---- | ------- | ----------- |
-| default | '' | default time, 'now' or '13:14' e.g. |
+| default | '' | default time, 'now', Date object or '13:14' e.g. |
 | placement | 'bottom' | popover placement |
 | align | 'left' | popover arrow align |
 | donetext | '完成' | done button text |
 | autoclose | false | auto close when minute is selected |
 | twelvehour | false | enables twelve hour mode with AM & PM buttons |
 | vibrate | true | vibrate the device when dragging clock hand |
-| fromnow | 0 | set default time to * milliseconds from now (using with default = 'now') |
+| fromnow | 0 | set default time to * milliseconds from now (using with default = 'now' or default = Date) |
 | init | | callback function triggered after the colorpicker has been initiated |
 | beforeShow | | callback function triggered before popup is shown |
 | afterShow | | callback function triggered after popup is shown |
@@ -95,6 +106,7 @@ if (something) {
 | hide |   | hide the clockpicker |
 | remove |   | remove the clockpicker (and event listeners) |
 | toggleView | 'hours' or 'minutes' | toggle to hours or minutes view |
+| getTime | Optional callback (Can be used for list of elements) | Returns Date object. (Will call the callback if callback is given) |
 
 ## What's included
 
diff --git a/src/clockpicker.js b/src/clockpicker.js
index 7f208aa..c129a3e 100644
--- a/src/clockpicker.js
+++ b/src/clockpicker.js
@@ -427,6 +427,30 @@
 		popover.css(styles);
 	};
 
+	// The input can be changed by the user
+	// So before we can use this.hours/this.minutes we must update it
+	ClockPicker.prototype.parseInputValue = function(){
+		var value = this.input.prop('value') || this.options['default'] || '';
+
+		if (value === 'now') {
+			value = new Date(+ new Date() + this.options.fromnow);
+		}
+		if (value instanceof Date) {
+			value = value.getHours() + ':' + value.getMinutes();
+		}
+
+		value = value.split(':');
+
+		// Minutes can have AM/PM that needs to be removed
+		this.hours = + value[0] || 0;
+		this.minutes = + (value[1] + '').replace(/\D/g, '') || 0;
+
+		if (this.options.twelvehour) {
+			var period = (value[1] + '').replace(/\d+/g, '').toLowerCase();
+			this.amOrPm = this.hours < 12 || period === 'am' ? 'AM' : 'PM';
+		}
+	};
+
 	// Show popover
 	ClockPicker.prototype.show = function(e){
 		// Not show again
@@ -453,17 +477,9 @@
 			this.isAppended = true;
 		}
 
-		// Get the time
-		var value = ((this.input.prop('value') || this.options['default'] || '') + '').split(':');
-		if (value[0] === 'now') {
-			var now = new Date(+ new Date() + this.options.fromnow);
-			value = [
-				now.getHours(),
-				now.getMinutes()
-			];
-		}
-		this.hours = + value[0] || 0;
-		this.minutes = + value[1] || 0;
+		// Get the time from the input field
+		this.parseInputValue();
+
 		this.spanHours.html(leadingZero(this.hours));
 		this.spanMinutes.html(leadingZero(this.minutes));
 
@@ -670,6 +686,23 @@
 		this.fg.setAttribute('cy', cy);
 	};
 
+	// Allow user to get time time as Date object
+	ClockPicker.prototype.getTime = function(callback) {
+		this.parseInputValue();
+
+		var hours = this.hours;
+		if (this.options.twelvehour && hours < 12 && this.amOrPm === 'PM') {
+			hours += 12;
+		}
+
+		var selectedTime = new Date();
+		selectedTime.setMinutes(this.minutes)
+		selectedTime.setHours(hours);
+		selectedTime.setSeconds(0);
+
+		return callback && callback.apply(this.element, selectedTime) || selectedTime;
+	}
+
 	// Hours and minutes are selected
 	ClockPicker.prototype.done = function() {
 		raiseCallback(this.options.beforeDone);
@@ -712,18 +745,31 @@
 	// Extends $.fn.clockpicker
 	$.fn.clockpicker = function(option){
 		var args = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments, 1);
-		return this.each(function(){
+
+		function handleClockPickerRequest() {
 			var $this = $(this),
 				data = $this.data('clockpicker');
 			if (! data) {
 				var options = $.extend({}, ClockPicker.DEFAULTS, $this.data(), typeof option == 'object' && option);
 				$this.data('clockpicker', new ClockPicker($this, options));
 			} else {
-				// Manual operatsions. show, hide, remove, e.g.
+				// Manual operations. show, hide, remove, getTime, e.g.
 				if (typeof data[option] === 'function') {
-					data[option].apply(data, args);
+					return data[option].apply(data, args);
 				}
 			}
-		});
+		}
+
+		// If we explicitly do a call on a single element then we can return the value (if needed)
+		// This allows us, for example, to return the value of getTime
+		if (this.length == 1) {
+			var returnValue = handleClockPickerRequest.apply(this[0]);
+
+			// If we do not have any return value then return the object itself so you can chain
+			return returnValue !== undefined ? returnValue : this;
+		}
+
+		// If we do have a list then we do not care about return values
+		return this.each(handleClockPickerRequest);
 	};
 }());