# Numbers, Strings, and the Date

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/numbers-strings-and-the-date/70268>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [November 12, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/numbers-strings-and-the-date/70268 "2004-11-12T00:24:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Phlashman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e99b99/32.png) [@Phlashman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phlashman)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2004, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/numbers-strings-and-the-date/70268/1 "2004-11-12T00:24:02Z")

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Sorry for the really simple question, but I forgot something. Let’s say I’m trying to display the date. For the minutes thing, I have:

minutes = my\_date.getMinutes()

First, I think I need to convert that second thing into a string.  
Second, do I need to introduce my date variable earlier? That’s kind of weird.  
Thanks.

By the way, I believe that this AS shows up as undefined. (not NaN, whatever that is).