diff --git a/utils/consts.go b/utils/consts.go
index 911b4e246..6a415e803 100644
--- a/utils/consts.go
+++ b/utils/consts.go
@@ -1214,6 +1214,7 @@ const (
 	MetaTpDispatchers       = "*tp_dispatchers"
 	MetaDurationSeconds     = "*duration_seconds"
 	MetaDurationNanoseconds = "*duration_nanoseconds"
+	MetaDurationMinutes     = "*duration_minutes"
 	MetaGigawords           = "*gigawords"
 	CapAttributes           = "Attributes"
 	CapResourceAllocation   = "ResourceAllocation"
diff --git a/utils/dataconverter.go b/utils/dataconverter.go
index 875a16001..103bf9270 100644
--- a/utils/dataconverter.go
+++ b/utils/dataconverter.go
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ func NewDataConverter(params string) (conv DataConverter, err error) {
 		return NewDurationSecondsConverter(EmptyString)
 	case params == MetaDurationNanoseconds:
 		return NewDurationNanosecondsConverter(EmptyString)
+	case params == MetaDurationMinutes:
+		return new(DurationMinutesConverter), nil
 	case strings.HasPrefix(params, MetaRound):
 		if len(params) == len(MetaRound) { // no extra params, defaults implied
 			return NewRoundConverter(EmptyString)
@@ -802,3 +804,15 @@ func (GigawordsConverter) Convert(in any) (any, error) {
 	totalOctects := (gigawordsValue * int64(math.Pow(2, 32))) // 2^32
 	return totalOctects, nil
 }
+
+type DurationMinutesConverter struct{}
+
+func (mS *DurationMinutesConverter) Convert(in any) (
+	out any, err error) {
+	var inDur time.Duration
+	if inDur, err = IfaceAsDuration(in); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	out = inDur.Minutes()
+	return
+}
diff --git a/utils/dataconverter_test.go b/utils/dataconverter_test.go
index 7cd0ba451..d71d79d44 100644
--- a/utils/dataconverter_test.go
+++ b/utils/dataconverter_test.go
@@ -442,6 +442,28 @@ func TestConvertDurNanoseconds(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestConvertDurMinutes(t *testing.T) {
+	d, err := NewDataConverter(MetaDurationMinutes)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	}
+	expVal := 2.5
+	dur := 150 * time.Second
+	if i, err := d.Convert(dur); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	} else if expVal != i {
+		t.Errorf("expecting: %f, received: %f", expVal, i)
+	}
+
+	expVal = 3
+	if i, err := d.Convert("180s"); err != nil {
+		t.Error(err.Error())
+	} else if expVal != i {
+		t.Errorf("expecting: %f, received: %f", expVal, i)
+	}
+
+}
+
 func TestRoundConverterFloat64(t *testing.T) {
 	b, err := NewDataConverter("*round:2")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -1894,3 +1916,88 @@ func TestGigaWordsConverter(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDurationMinutesConverter(t *testing.T) {
+	converter := DurationMinutesConverter{}
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name          string
+		input         any
+		expectedValue float64
+		expectError   bool
+		errorContains string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:          "Input Zero Duration",
+			input:         time.Duration(0),
+			expectedValue: 0.0,
+			expectError:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "Input 90 Seconds",
+			input:         90 * time.Second,
+			expectedValue: 1.5,
+			expectError:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "Input 2 Hour",
+			input:         2 * time.Hour,
+			expectedValue: 120,
+			expectError:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "Input Zero Duration",
+			input:         "0s",
+			expectedValue: 0.0,
+			expectError:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "Input 90 Seconds",
+			input:         "90s",
+			expectedValue: 1.5,
+			expectError:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "Input 1 Minute 30 Seconds",
+			input:         "1m30s",
+			expectedValue: 1.5,
+			expectError:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "Input 2 Hours",
+			input:         "2h",
+			expectedValue: 120,
+			expectError:   false,
+		},
+		{
+			name:          "Input Invalid String",
+			input:         "abc",
+			expectError:   true,
+			errorContains: "invalid duration",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			output, err := converter.Convert(tc.input)
+			if tc.expectError {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Fatalf("Expected an error containing '%s', but got nil", tc.errorContains)
+				}
+				if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), tc.errorContains) {
+					t.Errorf("Expected error message to contain '%s', but got: %v", tc.errorContains, err)
+				}
+				return
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected no error, but got: %v", err)
+			}
+			outputFloat64, ok := output.(float64)
+			if !ok {
+				t.Fatalf("Expected output type float64, but got %T (%v)", output, output)
+			}
+			if outputFloat64 != tc.expectedValue {
+				t.Errorf("Expected output %.2f, but got %.2f", tc.expectedValue, outputFloat64)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}