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Date.prototype.getUTCMinutes()

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

The getUTCMinutes() method of Date instances returns the minutes for this date according to universal time.

Try it

const date1 = new Date("1 January 2000 03:15:30 GMT+07:00");
const date2 = new Date("1 January 2000 03:15:30 GMT+03:30");

console.log(date1.getUTCMinutes()); // 31 Dec 1999 20:15:30 GMT
// Expected output: 15

console.log(date2.getUTCMinutes()); // 31 Dec 1999 23:45:30 GMT
// Expected output: 45

Syntax

getUTCMinutes()

Parameters

None.

Return value

An integer, between 0 and 59, representing the minutes for the given date according to universal time. Returns NaN if the date is invalid.

Examples

Using getUTCMinutes()

The following example assigns the minutes portion of the current time to the variable minutes.

const today = new Date();
const minutes = today.getUTCMinutes();

Specifications

Specification
ECMAScript® 2026 Language Specification> # sec-date.prototype.getutcminutes>

Browser compatibility

	Desktop					Mobile							Server
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet	WebView Android	WebView on iOS	Bun	Deno	Node.js
`getUTCMinutes`	1	12	1	4	1	18	4	10.1	1	1.0	4.4	1	1.0.0	1.0	0.10.0