A to Z of Excel Functions: The MINUTE Function

Welcome back to our regular A to Z of Excel Functions blog. Today we look at the MINUTE function.

The MINUTE function

This function returns the minutes of a time value (expecting a serial number). The MINUTE is given as an integer, ranging from zero [0] to 59.  The MINUTE function employs the following syntax to operate:

The MINUTE function has the following argument:

•  serial_number: this is required and represents the time that contains the minute you want to find.  Times may be entered as text strings within quotation marks (e.g. "6:45 PM"), as decimal numbers (for example, 0.78125, which represents 6:45 PM, or as results of other formulas or functions (for example, TIMEVALUE("6:45 PM")).

It should be further noted that:

•  time values are a portion of a date value and are represented by a decimal number (e.g. 12:00 PM is represented as 0.5 because it is half of a day).

Please see my example below:

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