Date.prototype.getMinutes()
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.
ThegetMinutes() method ofDate instances returns the minutes for this date according to local time.
Try it
const birthday = new Date("March 13, 08 04:20");console.log(birthday.getMinutes());// Expected output: 20Syntax
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getMinutes()Parameters
None.
Return value
An integer, between 0 and 59, representing the minutes for the given date according to local time. ReturnsNaN if the date isinvalid.
Examples
Using getMinutes()
Theminutes variable has value15, based on the value of theDate objectxmas95.
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const xmas95 = new Date("1995-12-25T23:15:30");const minutes = xmas95.getMinutes();console.log(minutes); // 15Specifications
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| ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.getminutes |