How can .val return a localtime value?

In the val docs written this description:

.val() Returns: String, Number, Array

I tried to get a Time, but it seems to return string only, Is there any method to parse the val value to localtime?

$.get(href,function(exam,status){
            $('#startTimeEdit').val(exam.startTime);
            $('#endTimeEdit').val(exam.endTime);
        });

Overall, my question will be how to parse the val value to LocalTime datatype?