Edit 2021 : easiest solution
const start = moment('2018-12-08 09:42');
const remainder = 30 - (start.minute() % 30);
const dateTime = moment(start).add(remainder, "minutes").format("DD.MM.YYYY, h:mm:ss a");
console.log(dateTime);
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Million ways to do this. You don’t need moment.js really. Anyway, here is one.