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minutesToMilliseconds — GTM Variable Template for Date

VARIABLES › DATE
minutesToMilliseconds EXTENDED Date
Direct (.tpl) Apply (.tpl)

Converts minutes to milliseconds.

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”
Minutes to milliseconds
INPUT
Number of Minutes: 5
OUTPUT
300000
Zero returns 0
INPUT
Number of Minutes: 0
OUTPUT
0

Live Sandbox

Section titled “Live Sandbox”

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minutesToMilliseconds
Number of Minutes
💾 The number of minutes to convert to milliseconds.

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 Minutes number
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🎯 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.
minutesToMilliseconds()
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 → millisecondsToMinutes → millisecondsToSeconds → reverseDateCompactDay1st → reverseDateCompactYear1st → reverseDateSlash → secondsToMilliseconds → subtractDays → timestampToDayIndex → unixTimestampToDate

Under the Hood

Section titled “Under the Hood”
📜 View Implementation Code
/**
* Converts a number of minutes to milliseconds.
*
* @param {string|number} data.src - The number of minutes to convert to milliseconds.
* @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 milliseconds, or undefined if input is not a valid number.
*
* @framework ggLowCodeGTMKit
*/
const makeNumber = require('makeNumber');


const minutesToMilliseconds = 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);


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


// ===============================================================================
// minutesToMilliseconds() – Apply Mode
// ===============================================================================
/*
return function(value) {
  return out(minutesToMilliseconds(value));
};
*/
🧪 View Test Scenarios (5 tests)
✅ '[example] Minutes to milliseconds'
✅ String number of minutes - converts to milliseconds
✅ Decimal minutes - converts fractional minutes correctly
✅ Invalid string input - returns undefined
✅ '[example] Zero returns 0'