ThesetUTCMinutes() method ofDate instances changes the minutes for this date according to universal time.

Try it

const date = new Date("December 31, 1975, 23:15:30 GMT+11:00");console.log(date.getUTCMinutes());// Expected output: 15date.setUTCMinutes(25);console.log(date.getUTCMinutes());// Expected output: 25

Syntax

setUTCMinutes(minutesValue)setUTCMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue)setUTCMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue, msValue)

Parameters

minutesValue

An integer between 0 and 59 representing the minutes.

secondsValueOptional

An integer between 0 and 59 representing the seconds. If you specifysecondsValue, you must also specifyminutesValue.

msValueOptional

An integer between 0 and 999 representing the milliseconds. If you specifymsValue, you must also specifyminutesValue andsecondsValue.

Return value

Changes theDate object in place, and returns its newtimestamp. If a parameter isNaN (or other values that getcoerced toNaN, such asundefined), the date is set toInvalid Date andNaN is returned.

Description

If you do not specify thesecondsValue andmsValue parameters, the values returned fromgetUTCSeconds() andgetUTCMilliseconds() methods areused.

If a parameter you specify is outside of the expected range,setUTCMinutes() attempts to update the date information in theDate object accordingly. For example, if you use 100 forsecondsValue, the minutes will be incremented by 1(minutesValue + 1), and 40 will be used for seconds.

Examples

Using setUTCMinutes()

const theBigDay = new Date();theBigDay.setUTCMinutes(43);

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

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