JavaScript Date setMinutes()

Set the minutes to 17:

const d = new Date();
d.setMinutes(17);

Description

setMinutes() sets the minutes of a date.

This method can also be used to set the seconds and milliseconds.

Set the date time to be 90 minutes ago:

const d = new Date();
d.setMinutes(d.getMinutes() - 90);

setMinutes() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

ES1 (JavaScript 1997) is fully supported in all browsers:


Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Safari	Opera	IE
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Date.setMinutes(min, sec, millisec)

Parameter	Description
min	Required. An integer representing the minutes. Expected values are 0-59, but other values are allowed: -1 will result in the last minute of the previous hour 60 will result in the first minute of the next hour
sec	Optional. An integer representing the seconds Expected values are 0-59, but other values are allowed: -1 will result in the last second of the previous minute 60 will result in the first second of the next minute
millisec	Optional. An integer representing the milliseconds Expected values are 0-999, but other values are allowed: -1 will result in the last millisecond of the previous second 1000 will result in the first millisecond of the next second

Parameter

Description

min

Required. An integer representing the minutes.

Expected values are 0-59, but other values are allowed: