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

$(".min").append( (date.getMinutes()<10?'0':'') + date.getMinutes() );

new to JS so this was very helpful the most ppl looking at this prob new too so this is how i got it to show in the div called "class="min"

hope it helps someone