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millisecondsToMinutes — GTM Variable Template for Date

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millisecondsToMinutes EXTENDED Date
Direct (.tpl) Apply (.tpl)

Converts milliseconds to minutes.

When to Use This

Section titled “When to Use This”
Time Operations

Measure durations, calculate elapsed time, and format timestamps.

Type Conversion

Safely convert between data types — strings, numbers, booleans, arrays, objects.

Date & Time

Calculate durations, differences, and time-based operations on date values.

Examples

Section titled “Examples”
Milliseconds to minutes
INPUT
Number of Milliseconds: 300000
OUTPUT
5
Zero returns 0
INPUT
Number of Milliseconds: 0
OUTPUT
0

Live Sandbox

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millisecondsToMinutes
Number of Milliseconds
💾 The number of milliseconds to convert to minutes.

Supported formats:
  ✓ Number
  ✓ String
Input Setup
Input Function (optional)
⚙️ Optional pre-processing function applied to the input before internal logic (e.g., convert object to string, normalize case). Internal transformations such as case handling will still apply afterward.
Result Handling
Output Function (optional)
⚙️ Optional function to apply to the result before returning it (e.g., str => str + ' €', val => val !== undefined for boolean conversion). Useful for chaining transformations on the output.
Number of Milliseconds number
💡 Type any text to see the result update live
🎯 Using special value — click input to type instead
Test with:
Falsy
Truthy
🔗 Result Handling — Chain Variables
Chain apply-mode variables to the output. Each variable receives the result of the previous one.
millisecondsToMinutes()
Section titled “Related Variables”

Same category: Date

→ addDays → basicDateToExtended → calculateDaysDifference → calculateLeadTime → currentTimestamp → dateToUnixTimestamp → daysToMilliseconds → extendedDateToBasic → getDayIndexFromDateString → getDayName → getDayNameFromDateString → getDayNameShort → getHourOfDay → getMonthName → getMonthNameShort → hoursToMilliseconds → isBusinessHours → isWeekend → millisecondsToDays → millisecondsToHours → millisecondsToSeconds → minutesToMilliseconds → reverseDateCompactDay1st → reverseDateCompactYear1st → reverseDateSlash → secondsToMilliseconds → subtractDays → timestampToDayIndex → unixTimestampToDate

Under the Hood

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📜 View Implementation Code
/**
* Converts a number of milliseconds to minutes.
*
* @param {string|number} data.src - The number of milliseconds to convert to minutes.
* @param {Function|string} [data.out] - Optional output handler: function to transform result or string with format.
*
* Direct-mode specific parameters:
* @param {Function} [data.pre] - Optional pre-processor function to transform src before conversion.
*
* @returns {number|undefined} The time in minutes, or undefined if input is not a valid number.
*
* @framework ggLowCodeGTMKit
*/
const makeNumber = require('makeNumber');


const millisecondsToMinutes = function(timeValue) {
   const timeNum = makeNumber(timeValue);
   if (timeNum === timeNum) {
       return timeNum / (1000 * 60);
   }
   return undefined;
};


const safeFunction = fn => typeof fn === 'function' ? fn : x => x;
const out = safeFunction(data.out);


// ===============================================================================
// millisecondsToMinutes - Direct mode
// ===============================================================================
const applyCast = (castFn, value) => safeFunction(castFn)(value);
const value = applyCast(data.pre, data.src);
return out(millisecondsToMinutes(value));


// ===============================================================================
// millisecondsToMinutes() – Apply Mode
// ===============================================================================
/*
return function(value) {
  return out(millisecondsToMinutes(value));
};
*/
🧪 View Test Scenarios (5 tests)
✅ '[example] Milliseconds to minutes'
✅ String milliseconds - converts to minutes
✅ Partial minute milliseconds - converts to decimal minutes
✅ Invalid string input - returns undefined
✅ '[example] Zero returns 0'