Excel MINUTE Function

This post will guide you how to use Excel MINUTE function with syntax and examples in Microsoft excel.

Description

The Excel MINUTE function returns the minutes of a time value. And the minutes is an integer number from 0 to 59. So you can use the MINUTE function to extract the minute component of a given time value.

For example, for a valid time value 10:29 AM, the MINUTE function will return 29. So you can pass the returned result into another formula.

The MINUTE function is a build-in function in Microsoft Excel and it is categorized as a DATE and TIME Function.

The MINUTE function is available in Excel 2016, Excel 2013, Excel 2010, Excel 2007, Excel 2003, Excel XP, Excel 2000, Excel 2011 for Mac.

Syntax

The syntax of the MINUTE function is as below:

=MINUTE (serial_number)

Where the MINUTE function arguments is:

Serial_number -This is a required argument. A valid time value that contains the minute you want to extract. The times can be entered as a text strings within quotation marks (for example, “10:32 AM“), or typed as a decimal numbers, or the results of others formulas.

Note:

  • Time values are a portion of a date value and represented by a decimal number (for example, 12:00 PM is represented as 0.5, since it is half of a day).
  • If the serial_number is not a valid Excel time, it will return #VALUE! Error.

Excel MINUTE Function Examples

The below examples will show you how to use Excel MINUTE Function to return an integer number that representing the minute component of a given Excel time.

1# get minute portion of the time, enter the following formula in Cell B1.

=MINUTE(A1)

excel minute examples1

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