Date.prototype.setMinutes()
Baseline Widely available
This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The setMinutes()
method of Date
instances changes the minutes for this date according to local time.
Try it
const event = new Date("August 19, 1975 23:15:30");
event.setMinutes(45);
console.log(event.getMinutes());
// Expected output: 45
console.log(event);
// Expected output: "Tue Aug 19 1975 23:45:30 GMT+0200 (CEST)"
// Note: your timezone may vary
Syntax
setMinutes(minutesValue)
setMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue)
setMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue)
Parameters
minutesValue
-
An integer between 0 and 59 representing the minutes.
secondsValue
Optional-
An integer between 0 and 59 representing the seconds. If you specify
secondsValue
, you must also specifyminutesValue
. msValue
Optional-
An integer between 0 and 999 representing the milliseconds. If you specify
msValue
, you must also specifyminutesValue
andsecondsValue
.
Return value
Changes the Date
object in place, and returns its new timestamp. If a parameter is NaN
(or other values that get coerced to NaN
, such as undefined
), the date is set to Invalid Date and NaN
is returned.
Description
If you do not specify the secondsValue
and msValue
parameters, the same values as what are returned by getSeconds()
and getMilliseconds()
are used.
If a parameter you specify is outside of the expected range, other parameters and the date information in the Date
object are updated accordingly. For example, if you specify 100 for secondsValue
, the minutes is incremented by 1 (minutesValue + 1
), and 40 is used for seconds.
Examples
Using setMinutes()
const theBigDay = new Date();
theBigDay.setMinutes(45);
Specifications
Specification |
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ECMAScript® 2025 Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.setminutes |
Browser compatibility
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