# How to add minutes to a date in JavaScript

By Atta Ur Rehman Shah (https://attacomsian.com/about). Published Sep 10, 2022. Topics: JavaScript.
Canonical URL: https://attacomsian.com/blog/javascript-date-add-minutes

> Learn how to use the getMinutes() and setMinutes() methods of date object to add minutes to date in JavaScript.

To add minutes to date in JavaScript:

1. Use the `getMinutes()` method to get the minutes of the given date.
2. Use the `setMinutes()` method by passing the result returned by `getMinutes()` plus the number of minutes you want to add.
3. The `setMinutes()` method sets the value on the given date.

Here is an example that adds 30 minutes to the current date in JavaScript:

```javascript
const today = new Date()
today.setMinutes(today.getMinutes() + 30)

console.log(today)
// Sat Sep 10 2022 22:47:41 GMT+0500 (Pakistan Standard Time)
```

The `getMinutes()` method returns a number between `0` and `59`, denoting the number of minutes on the given date.

The `setMinutes()` method takes a number as input representing the number of minutes and sets the value on the date.

The above methods also take care of the situation where adding a specific number of minutes to date results in the next day, month, or year:

```javascript
const date = new Date('2022-09-10T23:33:23.900Z')
date.setMinutes(date.getMinutes() + 30)

console.log(date.toUTCString())
// Sun, 11 Sep 2022 00:03:23 GMT
```

If you frequently need to add minutes to date, just create a reusable function that takes the number of minutes as a parameter and adds them to the current date:

```javascript
Date.prototype.addMinutes = function (mins) {
  const date = new Date(this.valueOf())
  date.setMinutes(date.getMinutes() + mins)
  return date
}

const date = new Date('2022-09-10T16:23:23.900Z')

// Add 45 Minutes
const result = date.addMinutes(45)

console.log(result.toUTCString())
// Sat, 10 Sep 2022 17:08:23 GMT
```

In the above example, we added a function called `addMinutes()` to the `Date` object [prototype](https://attacomsian.com/blog/objects-prototypes-classes-javascript#prototypes). This function will be available to all instances of `Date` for adding minutes to date.