getMinutes() 0-9 - How to display two digit numbers?

Question

var date = \"2012-01-18T16:03\";
var date = new Date(date);

console.log(date.getMinutes());
console.log(date.getMinutes().length)

This returns 3.

Answer 1

Another option:

var dateTime = new Date();
var minutesTwoDigitsWithLeadingZero = ("0" + dateTime.getMinutes()).substr(-2);