JavaScript: Get minutes with leading zeros

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:50 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

JavaScript Datetime: Exercise-35 with Solution

Write a JavaScript function to get minutes with leading zeros (00 to 59).

Test Data:
dt = new Date(1989, 10, 1);
console.log(minutes_with_leading_zeros(dt));
"00"

Sample Solution:-

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript function to get minutes with leading zeros.</title>
</head>
<body>

</body>
</html>

JavaScript Code:

function minutes_with_leading_zeros(dt) 
{ 
  return (dt.getMinutes() < 10 ? '0' : '') + dt.getMinutes();
}

dt = new Date(); 
console.log(minutes_with_leading_zeros(dt)); 

dt = new Date(1989, 10, 1); 
console.log(minutes_with_leading_zeros(dt));

Sample Output:

33
00

Flowchart:

Live Demo:

See the Pen JavaScript - Get minutes with leading zeros-date-ex-35 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

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