In MariaDB, MINUTE() is a built-in date and time function that returns the minutes portion of a given time expression.

It accepts one argument, which is the time you want to extract the minutes from.

The minutes are returned as a number in the range 0 to 59.

Syntax

The syntax goes like this:

MINUTE(time)

Where time is the time expression to get the minutes from.

Example

Here’s an example:

SELECT MINUTE('10:30:45');

Result:

+--------------------+
| MINUTE('10:30:45') |
+--------------------+
|                 30 |
+--------------------+

Datetime Values

It also works with datetime values:

SELECT MINUTE('2030-02-01 10:30:45');

Result:

+-------------------------------+
| MINUTE('2030-02-01 10:30:45') |
+-------------------------------+
|                            30 |
+-------------------------------+

Current Date

We can pass NOW() as the datetime argument to use the current time:

SELECT 
    NOW(),
    MINUTE(NOW());

Result:

+---------------------+---------------+
| NOW()               | MINUTE(NOW()) |
+---------------------+---------------+
| 2021-05-16 13:30:50 |            30 |
+---------------------+---------------+

Invalid Arguments

When passed an invalid time argument, MINUTE() returns null:

SELECT MINUTE('10:75:00');

Result:

+--------------------+
| MINUTE('10:75:00') |
+--------------------+
|               NULL |
+--------------------+

Missing Argument

Calling MINUTE() with the wrong number of arguments, or without passing any arguments, results in an error:

SELECT MINUTE();

Result:

ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 1

And another example:

SELECT MINUTE('10:30:45', '06:30:45');

Result:

ERROR 1064 (42000): You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near ' '06:30:45')' at line 1