# MINUTE function
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The MINUTE function is a time extraction function that takes a time or timestamp as input and returns the minute component (a value between 0 and 60).

## Syntax
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```
minute(timestamp)
```

## Arguments
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*timestamp*  
A TIMESTAMP expression or a STRING of a valid timestamp format.

## Returns
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The MINUTE function returns an INTEGER.

## Example
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The following example extracts the minute component (`58`) from the input timestamp `'2009-07-30 12:58:59'`.

```
SELECT minute('2009-07-30 12:58:59');
 58
```