DateAndTime.Minute(DateTime) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualBasic

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Core.dll

Source:

DateAndTime.vb

Returns an integer value from 0 through 59 representing the minute of the hour.

public:
 static int Minute(DateTime TimeValue);

public static int Minute (DateTime TimeValue);

static member Minute : DateTime -> int

Public Function Minute (TimeValue As DateTime) As Integer

Parameters

TimeValue

DateTime

Required. A Date value from which you want to extract the minute.

Returns

Int32

An integer value from 0 through 59 representing the minute of the hour.

Examples

This example uses the Minute function to obtain the minute of the hour from a specified time. In the development environment, the time literal is displayed in short time format using the locale settings of your code.

Dim thisTime As Date
Dim thisMinute As Integer
thisTime = #4:35:17 PM#
thisMinute = Minute(thisTime)
' thisMinute now contains 35.

Remarks

You can also obtain the minute of the hour by calling DatePart and specifying DateInterval.Minute for the Interval argument.

See also

• Day(DateTime)
• Hour(DateTime)
• Now
• Second(DateTime)
• TimeOfDay
• DatePart
• System
• DateTime
• ArgumentException
• ArgumentOutOfRangeException