The Date object is a data type built into the JavaScript language. Date objects are created with the new Date( ) as shown below.
Once a Date object is created, a number of methods allow you to operate on it. Most methods simply allow you to get and set the year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond fields of the object, using either local time or UTC (universal, or GMT) time.
The getMinutes() function of the Date object returns the minutes of its current date.
Syntax
Its syntax is as follows
dateObj.getMinutes();
Example
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dateObj = new Date('september 26, 89 12:4:25:96');
document.write("Minutes: "+dateObj.getMinutes());
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Minutes: 4
Example
Incase if you haven’t mentioned the minutes of the hour(of the day)while creating the date object, this function returns 0.
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dateObj = new Date('september 26, 89');
document.write("Minutes: "+dateObj.getMinutes());
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Minutes: 0
Example
In the same way if you haven’t passed to the constructor of the date object this function returns the Current minutes.
<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Example</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var dateObj = new Date();
document.write("Minutes: "+dateObj.getMinutes());
</script>
</body>
</html>Output
Minutes: 30