Tryit Editor v1.8

Source Code:

<!DOCTYPE html> 
<html> 
<body> 

<button onclick="getCurTime()" type="button">Get current time position</button>
<button onclick="setCurTime()" type="button">Set time position to 5 seconds</button>
<br> 
<video id="video1" controls="controls">
  <source src="mov_bbb.mp4" type="video/mp4">
  <source src="mov_bbb.ogg" type="video/ogg">
  Your browser does not support HTML5 video.
</video>

<script>
myVid=document.getElementById("video1");
function getCurTime()
  { 
  alert(myVid.currentTime);
  } 
function setCurTime()
  { 
  myVid.currentTime=5;
  } 
</script> 

<p>Video courtesy of <a href="http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/" target="_blank">Big Buck Bunny</a>.</p>

</body> 
</html>

Result:

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