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# MinuteOfTheDay

The **MinuteOfTheDay** function returns the number of minutes from the specified **TDateTime** value **AValue**, and 12:00 A.M. of the same day.

**Declaration**: Function MinuteOfTheDay( const AValue : TDateTime) : Word;

An example of its use.

```pascal
procedure ScriptEvent (var Value : variant);
var
  TheMin : word;
begin
 //The number of minutes so far today ....
  TheMin := MinuteOfTheDay(Now);
  LogInfo('Number of minutes is ....' + InToStr(TheMin);
  LogInfo('');
end;
```