The minute() function returns an integer (number) between 0 and 59 that corresponds to the minute of its date argument.
minute(date)
minute() (and its sibling functions hour, day, date, month, and year) is useful for manipulating dates within Notion formulas.
Example Formulas
minute(now()) // Output: 25 (When current time was 11:25 AM)
// Assume a property called Date with a current date of June 24, 2022 11:29 AM
minute(prop("Date")) // Output: 29
minute() can be used with other functions such as dateSubtract to change the value of a date, like so:
// Assume the value of now() is June 24, 2022 11:34 AM
dateSubtract(now(), minute(now()), "minutes")
// Output: June 24, 2022 11:00 AM
You can take this concept even further to “hard-code” any date into a Notion formula. See the section on Hard-Coding Dates into Formulas within the now article for more on how to do this.
Example Database
This example database shows both the current time (using the now function), as well as the current time rounded to the nearest hour.
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“Nearest Hour” Property Formula
// Compressed
if(minute(now()) < 30, dateSubtract(now(), minute(now()), "minutes"), dateAdd(now(), 60 - minute(now()), "minutes"))
// Expanded
if(
minute(
now()
) < 30,
dateSubtract(
now(),
minute(
now()
),
"minutes"
),
dateAdd(
now(),
60 - minute(
now()
),
"minutes"
)
)
First, an if statement checks if the minute value of now is less than 30.
If so, we subtract now()‘s minute value from now() in order to get to the current hour.
If not, we add now()‘s minute value to now() in order to get to the next hour.
Other formula components used in this example:
