Excel MINUTE Function

Excel MINUTE Function

Summary

The Excel MINUTE function returns the minute component of a time as a number between 0-59. For example, with a time of 9:45 AM, minute will return 45. You can use the MINUTE function to extract the minute into a cell, or feed the result into another formula, like the TIME function.

Purpose

Get the minute as a number (0-59) from a time

Return value

A number between 0 and 59.

Syntax

=MINUTE (serial_number)

Arguments

Usage notes

Times can be supplied as text (e.g. "7:45 PM") or as decimal numbers (e.g. 0.5, which equals 12:00 PM).

Excel stores dates and times as serial numbers. For example, the date Jan 1, 2000 12:00 PM is equal to the serial number 32526.5 in Excel. To check that Excel is correctly recognizing a date or time, you can temporarily format the date as a number.

 

Excel MINUTE Function

Summary

The Excel MINUTE function returns the minute component of a time as a number between 0-59. For example, with a time of 9:45 AM, minute will return 45. You can use the MINUTE function to extract the minute into a cell, or feed the result into another formula, like the TIME function.

Purpose

Get the minute as a number (0-59) from a time

Return value

A number between 0 and 59.

Syntax

=MINUTE (serial_number)

Arguments

Usage notes

Times can be supplied as text (e.g. "7:45 PM") or as decimal numbers (e.g. 0.5, which equals 12:00 PM).

Excel stores dates and times as serial numbers. For example, the date Jan 1, 2000 12:00 PM is equal to the serial number 32526.5 in Excel. To check that Excel is correctly recognizing a date or time, you can temporarily format the date as a number.