JavaScript Date getUTCMinutes() Method

Last Updated : 30 Jun, 2020

Below is the example of Date getUTCMinutes() method.

Example:

<script> 
   // Here a date has been assigned according  
   // to universal time while creating Date object 
   var dataobj =  
   new Date('October 15, 1996 23:35:32 GMT+11:00'); 
  
  // Minute from above date object is 
  // being extracted using getUTCMinutes(). 
  var B = dataobj.getUTCMinutes(); 
  
  // Printing minute according to universal time 
  document.write(B); 
</script> 

Output:
```
35
```

The date.getUTCMinutes() method used to fetch the minutes according to universal time from a given Date object.

Syntax:

DateObj.getUTCMinutes();

Parameters: This method does not accept any parameter. It is just used along with a Date Object from which we want to fetch minutes.

Return Values: It return the minutes for the given date according to universal time. Minutes is an integer value ranging from 0 to 59.

Note: In the above syntax, DateObj is a valid Date object created using Date() conctructor from which we want to fetch minutes.

More codes for the above method are as follows:

Program 1: The date of the month should lie in between 1 to 31 because none of the months have a date greater than 31 that is why it returns NaN i.e, not a number because the date for the month does not exist. Minutes will not be existed according to universal time if the date of the month does not exist.

<script> 
   // Here a date has been assigned according  
   // to universal time while creating Date object. 
   var dataobj =  
   new Date('October 33, 1996 23:35:32 GMT+11:00'); 
  
   // Minute from above data object is 
   // being extracted using getUTCMinutes(). 
   var B = dataobj.getUTCMinutes(); 
  
   // Printing minute according to universal time. 
   document.write(B); 
</script> 

Output:

NaN

Program 2: If minutes is not given to the Date() constructor while creating a Date object, then getUTCMinutes() method returns zero (0) according to universal time.It is an exception case.

<script> 
    // Here a date has been assigned according  
    // to universal time while creating Date object. 
    var dataobj =  
    new Date('October 13, 1996 GMT+11:00'); 
  
    // Minute from above data object is 
    // being extracted using getUTCMinutes(). 
    var B = dataobj.getUTCMinutes(); 
  
    // Printing minute according to 
    // universal time. 
    document.write(B); 
</script> 

Output:

Program 3: If nothing as parameter is given to the Date() constructor while creating a Date object, the getUTCMinutes() method returns current minutes according to universal time.

<script> 
   // Here nothing has been assigned according  
   // to universal time while creating Date object. 
   var dataobj = new Date(); 
  
   // Minute from above data object is  
   // being extracted using getUTCMinutes(). 
   var B = dataobj.getUTCMinutes(); 
  
   // Printing current minute  
   // according to universal time. 
   document.write(B); 
</script> 

Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by JavaScript Date getUTCMinutes() method are listed below:

Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Safari

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