Time Unit Converter

How to use the tool

To convert minutes enter the number you want to convert in the value field, delete the source unit, the destination and press convert, the value will be shown in the field below.

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Year
Month
Week
Day
Hour
Time
Minutes
Seconds
Millisecond(ms)
Microsecond(µs)
Nanosecond(ns)

Definition of Time

Second

It is the unit of time measurement adopted worldwide by the International System of Units (SI) to standardize the physical greatness of time. It is defined as "the duration of 9 192 631 770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom. [1] ".

It is represented by the letter" s ", it was defined by SI to represent the unit" second ".

Minute

It is a unit of time standardized by the International System of Units, uses the symbol "min" and corresponds to 60 seconds.

On the UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) time scale, in rare instances, a minute can be 59 or 61 seconds, when leap seconds are entered.

Time

The hour is a unit of measurement of time that uses the speed of rotation and the dimensions of the Earth to calculate its measurements.

An hour is equivalent to 60 minutes or 3,600 seconds. This is the same as saying that one hour is the same as 1/24 (one twenty-fourth) of an Earth day.

Although not defined by the International System of Units (SI), he accepts that the unit is represented by the symbol "h".

How to Perform Major Conversions Involving Time Measures

The formulas for conversion are shown below:

Minutes to Seconds

seconds = minutes * 60


Example: 5 minutes in seconds:

seconds = minutes * 60

seconds = 5 * 60

seconds = 300



Seconds to Minutes

minutes = seconds / 60


Example: 400 seconds in minutes:

minutes = seconds / 60

minutes = 540 / 60

minutes = 9



Minutes to Hours

hours = minutes / 60


Example: 360 minutes in hours:

hours = minutes / 60

hours = 360 / 60

hours = 6



Hours to minutes

minutes = hours * 60


Example: 7 hours for minutes:

minutes = hours * 60

minutes = 7 * 60

minutes = 420



Hours to seconds

seconds = hours * 3600


Example: 10 hours for seconds:

seconds = hours * 3600

seconds = 10 * 3600

seconds = 36000



Seconds to Hours

hours = seconds / 3600


Example: 3600 seconds in hours :

hours = seconds * 3600

hours = 3600 / 3600

hours = 1



Links to other conversions involving units of time

[1] The concept of time Retrieved on August 17, 2021.