Date.getMinutes()
Returns the minutes (from 0-59)
The getMinutes() method returns the minutes in the specified date according to local time.
var birthday = new Date('March 13, 08 04:20');
console.log(birthday.getMinutes());
// expected output: 20
Syntax
dateObj.getMinutes()
Return value
An integer number, between 0 and 59, representing the minutes in the given date according to local time.
Examples
Using getMinutes()
getMinutes()
The second statement below assigns the value 15 to the variable minutes
, based on the value of the Date
object Xmas95
.
var Xmas95 = new Date('December 25, 1995 23:15:30');
var minutes = Xmas95.getMinutes();
console.log(minutes); // 15
References
Contributors to this page
Uros Durdevic
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