JavaScript Date getMinutes() Method

Last Updated : 29 Jun, 2020

Below is the example of Date getMinutes() method.

Example:

<script> 
  // Here a date has been assigned  
  // while creating Date object 
  var DateObj = new Date('October 15, 1996 05:35:32'); 
  
  // minutes from above DateObj is being  
  // extracted using getMinutes(). 
  var minutes = DateObj.getMinutes(); 
  
  // Printing minute. 
  document.write(minutes); 
</script> 

Output:
```
35
```

The date.getMinutes() method is used to fetch the minutes from given Date object.
Syntax:

DateObj.getMinutes()

Parameter: This function does not accept any parameter.

Return Value: It returns the minutes for the given Date Object. Minutes is an integer value ranging from 0 to 59.

More codes for the above method are as follows:

Example 1: Here the date of the month must lie in between 1 to 31 because no date has month greater than 31 that is why it returns NaN i.e, not a number because the date for the month does not exist, minutes will not exist when date of the month is given as 33 i.e, greater than 31.

<script> 
  // Here a date has been assigned  
  // while creating a Date object 
  var DateObj = new Date('October 35, 1996 05:35:32'); 
  
  // minutes from above DateObj is  
  // being extracted using getMinutes() 
  var minutes = DateObj.getMinutes(); 
  
  // Printing minutes 
  document.write(minutes); 
</script> 

Output:

NaN

Example 2: If minutes is not given, it returns zero (0).

<script> 
  // Here a date has been assigned  
  // while creating Date object 
  var DateObj = new Date('October 12, 1996'); 
  
  // minutes from above DateObj is  
  // being extracted using getMinutes() 
  var minutes = DateObj.getMinutes(); 
  
  // Printing minutes 
  document.write(minutes); 
</script> 

Output:

Example 3: If nothing as parameter is given, it returns present minute.

<script> 
  // Creating a date object 
  var DateObj = new Date(); 
  
  // minutes from above DateObj is  
  // being extracted using getMinutes() 
  var minute = DateObj.getMinutes(); 
  
  // Printing current minute 
  document.write(minute); 
</script> 