Date.prototype.setMinutes()
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.
The setMinutes() method of Date instances changes the minutes for this date according to local time.
Try it
const event = new Date("August 19, 1975 23:15:30");
event.setMinutes(45);
console.log(event.getMinutes());
// Expected output: 45
console.log(event);
// Expected output: "Tue Aug 19 1975 23:45:30 GMT+0200 (CEST)"
// Note: your timezone may vary
Syntax
setMinutes(minutesValue)
setMinutes(minutesValue, secondsValue)
setMinutes(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 specify
secondsValue, you must also specifyminutesValue. msValueOptional-
An integer between 0 and 999 representing the milliseconds. If you specify
msValue, you must also specifyminutesValueandsecondsValue.
Return value
Changes the Date object in place, and returns its new timestamp. If a parameter is NaN (or other values that get coerced to NaN, such as undefined), the date is set to Invalid Date and NaN is returned.
Description
If you do not specify the secondsValue and msValue parameters, the same values as what are returned by getSeconds() and getMilliseconds() are used.
If a parameter you specify is outside of the expected range, other parameters and the date information in the Date object are updated accordingly. For example, if you specify 100 for secondsValue, the minutes is incremented by 1 (minutesValue + 1), and 40 is used for seconds.
Because setMinutes() operates on the local time, crossing a Daylight Saving Time (DST) boundary may result in a different elapsed time than expected. For example, if setting the minutes crosses a spring-forward transition (losing an hour), the difference in timestamps between the new and old date is one hour less than the nominal time difference. Conversely, crossing a fall-back transition (gaining an hour) result in an extra hour. If you need to adjust the date by a fixed amount of time, consider using setUTCMinutes() or setTime().
If the new local time falls within an offset transition, the exact time is derived using the same behavior as Temporal's disambiguation: "compatible" option. That is, if the local time corresponds to two instants, the earlier one is chosen; if the local time does not exist (there is a gap), we go forward by the gap duration.
Examples
Using setMinutes()
const theBigDay = new Date();
theBigDay.setMinutes(45);
Specifications
| Specification |
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| ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification # sec-date.prototype.setminutes |