Date.prototype.getMinutes()

Summary

The getMinutes() method returns the minutes in the specified date according to local time.

Syntax

dateObj.getMinutes()

Parameters

None.

Returns

The value returned by getMinutes() is an integer between 0 and 59.

Examples

Example: Using 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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• Date.prototype.getUTCMinutes()
• Date.prototype.setMinutes()