millisecondsToMinutes — GTM Variable Template for Time

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millisecondsToMinutes EXTENDED Time

Direct (.tpl) Apply (.tpl)

Converts milliseconds to minutes.

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Examples

Milliseconds to minutes▶ Try

INPUT

Number of Milliseconds: 300000

OUTPUT

5

Zero returns 0▶ Try

INPUT

Number of Milliseconds: 0

OUTPUT

0

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GTM Configuration

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millisecondsToMinutes

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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

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🎯 Using special value — click input to type instead

Test with:

Falsy undefined null "" empty 0 false NaN

Truthy true 42 "hello" {} empty [] empty {a:1} [1,2,3]

🔗 Result Handling — Chain Variables

Chain apply-mode variables to the output. Each variable receives the result of the previous one.

millisecondsToMinutes()

+ Chain another variable

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Related Variables

Same category: Time

→ basicDateToExtended → dateToUnixTimestamp → daysToMilliseconds → extendedDateToBasic → hoursToMilliseconds → millisecondsToDays → millisecondsToHours → millisecondsToSeconds → minutesToMilliseconds → secondsToMilliseconds → unixTimestampToDate

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Under the Hood

📜 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'