`minutes`

Creates durations from numbers of minutes, or converts durations to minutes.

Category: Language Fundamentals > Data Types

Syntax

d = minutes(x)

Returns a duration array in which each value of x is a number of minutes.

x = minutes(d)

Returns the number of minutes in the duration array d, as a double.

Description

The function works in both directions, so minutes(hours(1.5)) converts 1.5 hours into 90. A duration shows in minutes when its length is between 1 minute and 1 hour, but the stored value does not depend on the display unit. Adding it to a datetime shifts the time.

Input arguments

x: Numeric array.
d: A duration array.

Output arguments

d: duration array, same size as x.
x: Double array, same size as d.

Example

Minutes in and out

minutes(90)
minutes(hours(1.5))
datetime(2024,1,1,10,0,0) + minutes(75)

Output

ans = duration
   90 min
ans = 90
ans = datetime
   01-Jan-2024 11:15:00

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