What is date.getMinutes() in JavaScript?

You can use the getMinutes() method to get the minutes from a Date object or from local time in Java. It returns the minute value between 0-59 from the specified date.

Syntax

dateObject.getMinutes()

Parameter

The getMinutes() method does not accept any parameter. It is only called on a Date object.

Return value

It returns an integer between 0−590-59.

If the content of a Date object is incorrect, the value returned is NaN.

Code

In the code below, several Date objects are created and the getMinutes() method is called on them. The returned values are logged to the console.

// create date objects
let date1 = new Date() // current date
let date2 = new Date('November 4, 2021 12:12:30');
let date3 = new Date("2013-05-05, 21:34:20");
let date4 = new Date("2025-12-04, 07:02:01");
// call the "getMinutes()" method
let a = date1.getMinutes();
let b = date2.getMinutes();
let c = date3.getMinutes();
let d = date4.getMinutes();
// print values returned
console.log(a);
console.log(b);
console.log(c);
console.log(d);

In the example below, we will create Date objects with incorrect parameters. This will cause the getMinutes() method to return NaN.

// create date
let date1 = new Date("2012-34-12, 12:12:04"); // Wrong day of the month
let date2 = new Date("November 50, 2021 03:34:23"); //Wrong day of the month
let date3 = new Date("April 18, 2012 34:04:25"); // wrong 24hr format
// logout returned values of `getMethod()`
console.log(date1.getMinutes()) // NaN
console.log(date2.getMinutes()) // NaN
console.log(date3.getMinutes()) // NaN
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