JavaScript | Adding minutes to Date object

Last Updated : 23 May, 2019

Given a date and the task is to add minutes to it. To add minutes to the date object in javascript, some methods are used which are listed below:

JavaScript getMinutes() Method: This method returns the Minutes (from 0 to 59) of the provided date and time.

Syntax:
```
Date.getMinutes()
```
Return value: It returns a number, from 0 to 59, representing the minutes.
JavaScript setMinutes() Method: This method set the minutes of a date object. This method can also be used to set the seconds and milliseconds.

Syntax:
```
Date.setMinutes(min, sec, millisec)
```
Parameters:
- min: It is required parameter. It specifies the integer representing the minutes. Values expected are 0-59, but other values are allowed.
- sec: It is optional parameter. It specifies the integer representing the seconds. Values expected are 0-59, but other values are allowed.
- millisec: It is optional parameter. It specifies the integer representing the milliseconds. Values expected are 0-999, but other values are allowed.
Note: All the previous three parameters accept values apart from their range and these values adjust like:
- min = -1, it means the last minute of the previous hour and same for the other parameters.
- If min value passed to 60, it means the first minute of the next hour and same for the other parameters.
Return value: It returns a number, denoting the number of milliseconds between the date object and midnight January 1 1970.
JavaScript getTime() method: This method returns the number of milliseconds between midnight of January 1, 1970, and the specified date.

Syntax:
```
Date.getTime()
```
Return value: It returns a number, representing the number of milliseconds since midnight January 1, 1970.

JavaScript setTime() method: This method set the date and time by adding/subtracting a defined number of milliseconds to/from midnight January 1, 1970.

Syntax:

Date.setTime(millisec)

Parameters: It contains single parameter millisec which is required. It specifies the number of milliseconds to be added/subtracted, midnight January 1, 1970.

Return value: It returns, representing the number of milliseconds between the date object and midnight January 1 1970.

Example 1: This example added 4 minutes to the var today by using setTime() and getTime() method.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>   
<html>   
    <head>  
        <title>  
            JavaScript | Adding Minutes to  Date object. 
        </title> 
    </head>  
      
    <body style = "text-align:center;" id = "body">   
          
        <h1 style = "color:green;" >   
            GeeksForGeeks   
        </h1> 
          
        <p id = "GFG_UP" style = "font-size:15px; font-weight:bold;"> 
        </p> 
          
        <button onclick = "gfg_Run()">  
            addMinutes 
        </button> 
          
        <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style =  
            "color:green; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;"> 
        </p> 
          
        <script> 
            var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP"); 
            var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN"); 
            var today = new Date(); 
            el_up.innerHTML = "Date = " + today; 
              
            Date.prototype.addMins = function(m) {     
               this.setTime(this.getTime() + (m*60*1000));  
               return this;    
            } 
              
            function gfg_Run() { 
                var a = new Date(); 
                a.addMins(4); 
                el_down.innerHTML = a; 
            }          
        </script>  
    </body>   
</html> 

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

Example 2: This example adds 6 minutes to the var today by using setMinutes() and getMinutes() method.

<!DOCTYPE HTML>  
<html>  
    <head>  
        <title>  
            JavaScript | Adding Minutes to Date object. 
        </title> 
    </head>  
  
    <body style = "text-align:center;" id = "body">  
  
        <h1 style = "color:green;" >  
            GeeksForGeeks  
        </h1> 
  
        <p id = "GFG_UP" style = "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;"> 
        </p> 
  
        <button onclick = "gfg_Run()">  
            addMinutes 
        </button> 
  
        <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = 
            "color:green; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;"> 
        </p> 
          
        <script> 
            var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP"); 
            var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN"); 
            var today = new Date(); 
            el_up.innerHTML = "Date = " + today; 
              
            Date.prototype.addMinutes= function(m) { 
                this.setMinutes(this.getMinutes() + m); 
                return this; 
            } 
              
            function gfg_Run() { 
                var a = new Date(); 
                a.addMinutes(6); 
                el_down.innerHTML = a; 
            } 
        </script>  
    </body>  
</html>                     

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

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