diff --git a/src/bufr/BufrParser/Exports/Variables/DatetimeVariable.cpp b/src/bufr/BufrParser/Exports/Variables/DatetimeVariable.cpp
index a8e333d40..525e66301 100644
--- a/src/bufr/BufrParser/Exports/Variables/DatetimeVariable.cpp
+++ b/src/bufr/BufrParser/Exports/Variables/DatetimeVariable.cpp
@@ -94,24 +94,34 @@ namespace Ingester
             int month = static_cast<int>(map.at(getExportKey(ConfKeys::Month))->getAsFloat(idx));
             int day = static_cast<int>(map.at(getExportKey(ConfKeys::Day))->getAsFloat(idx));
             int hour = static_cast<int>(map.at(getExportKey(ConfKeys::Hour))->getAsFloat(idx));
-            int minute = static_cast<int>(map.at(getExportKey(ConfKeys::Minute))->getAsFloat(idx));
+            int minutes = 0;
             int seconds = 0;
 
             diff_time = missing_int;
             if (year != missing &&
                 month != missing &&
                 day != missing &&
-                hour != missing &&
-                minute != missing)
+                hour != missing)
             {
                 tm.tm_year = year - 1900;
                 tm.tm_mon = month - 1;
                 tm.tm_mday = day;
                 tm.tm_hour = hour;
-                tm.tm_min = minute;
+                tm.tm_min = 0;
                 tm.tm_sec = 0;
                 tm.tm_isdst = 0;
 
+                if (!minuteQuery_.empty())
+                {
+                    minutes =
+                        static_cast<int>(map.at(getExportKey(ConfKeys::Minute))->getAsFloat(idx));
+
+                    if (minutes >= 0 && minutes < 60)
+                    {
+                        tm.tm_min = minutes;
+                    }
+                }
+
                 if (!secondQuery_.empty())
                 {
                     seconds =
diff --git a/test/testinput/bufr_ncep_adpupa_minu.yaml b/test/testinput/bufr_ncep_adpupa_minu.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..802627d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testinput/bufr_ncep_adpupa_minu.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+# (C) Copyright 2020 NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
+# 
+# This software is licensed under the terms of the Apache Licence Version 2.0
+# which can be obtained at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+
+observations:
+  - obs space:
+      name: bufr
+
+      obsdatain: "./testinput/New/gdas.t12z.adpupa.tm00.bufr_d"
+
+      exports:
+        variables:
+          timestamp:
+            datetime:
+              year: "[*/YEAR, */RCPTIM/RCYR[1], */RCYR[1]]"
+              month: "[*/MNTH, */RCPTIM/RCMO[1], */RCMO[1]]"
+              day: "[*/DAYS, */RCPTIM/RCDY[1], */RCDY[1]]"
+              hour: "[*/HOUR, */RCPTIM/RCHR[1], */RCHR[1]]"
+              minute: "[*/MINU, */RCPTIM/RCMI[1], */RCMI[1]]"
+
+          latitude:
+            query: "*/CLAT"
+          longitude:
+            query: "*/CLON"
+
+
+    ioda:
+      backend: netcdf
+      obsdataout: "./testrun/bufr_ncep_adpupa_minu.nc"
+
+
+      variables:
+
+        - name: "MetaData/dateTime"
+          coordinates: "longitude latitude"
+          source: variables/timestamp
+          dimensions: ["Location"]
+          longName: "Datetime"
+          units: "seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z"
+
+        - name: "MetaData/latitude"
+          coordinates: "longitude latitude"
+          source: variables/latitude
+          longName: "Latitude"
+          units: "degrees_north"
+          range: [-90, 90]
+
+        - name: "MetaData/longitude"
+          coordinates: "longitude latitude"
+          source: variables/longitude
+          longName: "Longitude"
+          units: "degrees_east"
+          range: [-180, 180]
+
diff --git a/test/testinput/gdas.t12z.adpupa.tm00.bufr_d b/test/testinput/gdas.t12z.adpupa.tm00.bufr_d
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1a001963
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testinput/gdas.t12z.adpupa.tm00.bufr_d
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b520bf510c44a218816ffd89313b31ba09bd7b66db1364444634e3841897409d
+size 1616312
diff --git a/test/testoutput/bufr_ncep_adpupa_minu.nc b/test/testoutput/bufr_ncep_adpupa_minu.nc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe7319e10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/testoutput/bufr_ncep_adpupa_minu.nc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b40fbfb1a02c4bbf9ae29058a52960769380c36bbae920536a921f0eaa8f2dfc
+size 25718