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JavaScript - add minutes to date

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In this article, we would like to show you how to add minutes to date in JavaScript.

1. Example reusable lambda function

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In this example, we create a simple function that takes two arguments:

date to which we want to add some minutes,
minutes - a number of minutes we want to add.

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const addMinutes = (date, minutes) => {
  const result = new Date(date);
  result.setMinutes(result.getMinutes() + minutes);
  return result;
};
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let date = new Date('2021-08-30T23:59:00.000Z');
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console.log(addMinutes(date, 2).toISOString());  // 2021-08-31T00:01:00.000Z

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Output:

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2021-08-31T00:01:00.000Z

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As you can see, the function also handles the case of the day change.

2. Extending existing `Date` class with `Date.prototype`

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In this example, we add a function to the Date.prototype so we can use it on any date object.

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Date.prototype.addMinutes = function (minutes) {
  let date = new Date(this.valueOf());
  date.setMinutes(date.getMinutes() + minutes);
  return date;
};
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let date = new Date('2021-08-30T23:59:00.000Z');
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console.log(date.addMinutes(2).toISOString());  // 2021-08-31T00:01:00.000Z