How to convert hours in minutes in javascript HH:MM to MM?

Question

I want to convert HH:MM to MM I want to use minutes in below code but It can't convert 14:30 to 858 as you can see result here in fiddle minutes but it converts 14.3 to minutes if you put 14.3 in fiddle code instead of 14.30.

I am converting hrs. in minutes than I am Lessing 240 minutes from minutes I got How can I convert this hrs. in minute. below is the code I am trying to convert hours to minutes

NOTE: hours can be can be any Time from 0 to 23 it could be 2:30 or it could be 10:30

function convertHourstoMinute(hours) {
     return Math.floor(hours * 60);
    }
    let hrs = convertHourstoMinute(14:30); // convert hours into minutes javascript
   console.log( "javascript convert hours to minutes :- " + hrs ); 

            let minutes = hrs * 60;
            console.log(minutes)
            let callback_time = minutes - 240
            console.log(callback_time)
            let call_back = callback_time / 60
            console.log(call_back)

`14:30` is not a valid data in JS. It needs to be string. Or you can use `Date` objects. — Harun Yilmaz, Oct 13 '20 at 11:54
You can use Moment.js to manipulate date and time in JS https://momentjs.com/guides/ — Sher Singh, Oct 13 '20 at 11:57

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 13 '20 at 11:59

A few things are incorrect in your code first you can not pass 14:30 it has to be "14:30" then 14:30 * 60 is not a valid expression it has to be 14 * 60 + 30 and you dont need Math.floor because you are not passing decimal numbers if you want to pass decimal number then you have to use 14.5 instead 14:30

function convertH2M(timeInHour){
  var timeParts = timeInHour.split(":");
  return Number(timeParts[0]) * 60 + Number(timeParts[1]);
}

var timeInMinutes = convertH2M("14:30");
console.log(timeInMinutes);

If you want to pass decimal numbers instead of 14:30 then this example works

function convertH2M(timeInHour){
  return Math.floor(timeInHour * 60);
}

var timeInMinutes = convertH2M(14.5);
console.log(timeInMinutes);

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 13 '20 at 12:04

You need to pass variable type of string.

Then with ES6 magic which standardises destructuring assignment code could look like this and use + sign to convert string to Number:

function convertHourstoMinute(str) {
    let [hours, minutes] = str.split(':');
    return (+hours * 60) + (+minutes);
}

console.log( "javascript convert hours to minutes : ", convertHourstoMinute('14:30'));

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 13 '20 at 11:56

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You can try this to split the hour and minute and calculate then.

function convertHourstoMinute(time) {
 var hour = time.split(':')[0]; //Split returns an array
 var minute = time.split(':')[1];
 return Math.floor(hour * 60) + pareseInt(minute);
}

answered Oct 13 '20 at 11:56

Coskun Ozogul

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 13 '20 at 12:10

You cannot use 14:30 in javascript, convert it to string first.

Try this

function convertHourstoMinute(time) {
    var hour = time.split(':')[0]; //Split returns an array
 var minute = time.split(':')[1];
 return parseInt(hour) + Number((minute / 60));
    }
    let hrs = convertHourstoMinute("14:30"); // convert hours into minutes javascript
   console.log( "javascript convert hours to minutes :- " + hrs ); 

            let minutes = hrs * 60;
            console.log(minutes)
            let callback_time = minutes - 240
            console.log(callback_time)
            let call_back = callback_time / 60
            console.log(call_back)

But to carry out further date manipulations I suggest you look into momentjs .

How to convert hours in minutes in javascript HH:MM to MM?

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