getMinutes

Summary

Gets the minutes of a Date object, using local time.

Syntax

dateObj.getMinutes()

Return Value

Returns an integer between 0 and 59. Zero is returned the time is less than one minute after the hour. If a Date object was created without specifying the time, by default the minute value is 0.

Examples

The following example shows how to the getMinutes method.

var date = new Date("1/1/2001");
 document.write(date.getMinutes());
 document.write("<br/>");

 date.setMinutes(5);
 document.write(date.getMinutes());

 // Output:
 // 0
 // 5

Remarks

The required dateObj reference is a Date object. To get the minutes value using Universal Coordinated Time (UTC), use the getUTCMinutes method.

See also

Other articles

• getUTCMinutes Method (Date)
• setMinutes Method (Date)
• setUTCMinutes Method (Date)

Attributions

• Microsoft Developer Network: Article