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Time Converter

Convert between seconds, minutes, hours, days, and more

Conversion Formula:

Multiply by 60

Common Conversions

Common Time Conversion Table

Minutes (min)Seconds (sec)Hours (hr)Days (day)
1600.01670.0007
603,60010.0417
1,44086,400241
10,080604,8001687

Common Time References

Quick Events

  • • A blink of an eye: 100-400 milliseconds
  • • Heartbeat: about 1 second
  • • Microwave heating a cup of water: 1 minute
  • • Boiling an egg: 5-10 minutes
  • • Watching a typical movie: 1.5-2.5 hours

Daily Reference

  • • Sleep cycle: 90 minutes
  • • Standard workday: 8 hours
  • • Full day: 24 hours (86,400 seconds)
  • • School week: 5 days
  • • Full week: 7 days (168 hours)

Longer Periods

  • • Lunar cycle: 29.5 days
  • • Average month: 30.44 days
  • • Season: approximately 3 months
  • • Year: 365.24 days (31,556,952 seconds)
  • • Decade: 10 years

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Visual Comparison

Real-world Comparison

🍜
This time period is comparable to cooking instant noodles.
Takes about 3-5 minutes to prepare
1 minutes
60.0 seconds

Human Time Scale

Time Comparison

1.00 min
minutes
60.0 sec
seconds
Logarithmic scale: Time spans from nanoseconds to years
Conversion ratio:
1 minutes = 60.000000 seconds

Time Scale Reference

A visual comparison of time scales from nanoseconds to years

Nano
Micro
Milli
Sec
Min
Hour
Day
Week
Year
⚡Light travels 30cm
💻One CPU cycle
👁️Single eye blink
❤️Human heartbeat
🍳Boiling an egg
🎬Watching a movie
🛏️Full sleep cycle
📅Complete workweek
🌍Earth orbital period
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1 minutes is comparable to cooking instant noodles

Takes about 3-5 minutes to prepare

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About the Time Converter

Convert between seconds, minutes, hours, days, and more All conversions run instantly in your browser and nothing you enter is sent to a server.

Common Conversion Formulas

FromToFormula
Hours (h)Minutes (min)min = h × 60
Days (d)Hours (h)h = d × 24
Weeks (wk)Days (d)d = wk × 7

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