JavaScript Date setUTCMinutes()

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Example

Set the minutes to 17, according to UTC time:

const d = new Date();
d.setUTCMinutes(17);
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Description

The setUTCMinutes() method sets the minutes of a date object, according to UTC.

Notes

UTC (Universal Time Coordinated) is the time set by the World Time Standard.

UTC time is the same as GMT time (Greenwich Mean Time).

Browser Support

setUTCMinutes() is an ECMAScript1 (ES1) feature.

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

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Syntax

Date.setUTCMinutes(min, sec, millisec)

Parameter Values

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

Technical Details

Return Value: A number.

Number of milliseconds between the date and January 1, 1970 00:00:00 UTC.

More Examples

Example

Set the date time to be 90 minutes ago, using UTC methods:

const d = new Date();
d.setUTCMinutes(d.getUTCMinutes() - 90);
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Related Pages:

JavaScript Dates

JavaScript Date Formats

JavaScript Date Get Methods

JavaScript Date Set Methods

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