# UPDATE\_MINUTE

**The function UPDATE\_MINUTE changes the value of the minute in a Time or DateTime into another specified number.**

This function takes two pieces of input: a [Time](../../variable-data-types/the-time-variable-data-type) or a [DateTime](../../variable-data-types/the-datetime-variable-data-type), and a Number. It outputs the given Time or Datetime with the value of the minute replaced by the given number.

#### Declaration

```javascript
UPDATE_MINUTE(datetime, new_minute) -> new_datetime
```

```javascript
UPDATE_MINUTE(time, new_minute) -> new_time
```

#### Parameters

**datetime** (type: _DateTime_)\
Any DateTime.

**time** (type: _Time_)\
Any Time.

**new\_minute** (required, type: _Number_)\
The new minute; this is the number that will replace whatever value is currently associated with the minute in the given Time or DateTime.

#### Return Values

**new\_datetime** (type: _DateTime_)\
The DateTime that results from taking the given DateTime and replacing the minute value with the given number.

**new\_time** (type: _Time_)\
The Time that results from taking the given Time and replacing the minute value with the given number.

#### Examples

Assume the first example has access to the following DateTime value:

```javascript
example_date_and_time = {  
 "date": {  
  "day": 1,  
  "month": 4,  
  "year": 2021  
 },  
 "time": {  
  "hour": 16,  
  "minute": 14,  
  "second": 38,  
  "millisecond": 0  
 },  
 "timeZone": "UTC"  
}
```

The following example takes the time described in **example\_date\_and\_time** and replaces the given minute value (14) with 30. Note that the only difference between the output of this example and **example\_date\_and\_time** is the the value of the minute. When given a DateTime as input, UPDATE\_MINUTE returns a DateTime:

```javascript
UPDATE_MINUTE(example_date_and_time, 30) = {  
 "date": {  
  "day": 1,  
  "month": 4,  
  "year": 2021  
 },  
 "time": {  
  "hour": 16,  
  "minute": 30,  
  "second": 38,  
  "millisecond": 0  
 },  
 "timeZone": "UTC"  
}
```

The above example demonstrates how the UPDATE\_MINUTE function behaves when given a DateTime as input. In order to further establish how the UPDATE\_MINUTE function behaves when given a Time as input, assume the last example has access to the following Time value:

```javascript
example_time = {  
 "hour": 16,  
 "minute": 14,  
 "second": 38,  
 "millisecond": 0  
}
```

The following example takes the time described in **example\_time** and replaces the given minute value (14) with 30. Note that the only difference between the output of this example and **example\_time** is the the value of the minute. When given a Time as input, UPDATE\_MINUTE outputs a Time:

```javascript
UPDATE_MINUTE(example_time, 30) = {  
 "hour": 16,  
 "minute": 30,  
 "second": 38,  
 "millisecond": 0  
}
```
