Sixty seconds make a minute and sixty minutes an hour, a base-60 system inherited from Babylonian astronomy. The converter also shows the result as hours and minutes.
How to use the Minute Converter
- Pick the unit you are starting from in the From menu and type your value.
- Pick the unit you want in the To menu. The heading changes to match – for example “Minutes to Seconds Converter”.
- The most common time units are shown below at the same time, so you can compare them at a glance.
- Type into any result to convert backwards, then use Copy results – the copied text starts with the heading for your chosen units.
Results update as you type. Everything is calculated in your browser.
How it works
Every time unit is defined by an exact factor relative to the second (the base unit). The calculator first turns the value you type into seconds, then turns that into the unit you picked in the “To” menu and into each of the common units below it. This two-step method means any unit can be converted to any other – 14 units are available in each menu – and you can type into any field, including a result, to work in the other direction. Changing a unit menu keeps the quantity the same and just re-expresses it, and the page heading and copied results follow your choice.
How to convert time units
- Choose the unit you have in the From menu and type the value, for example 90 min.
- Choose the unit you want in the To menu, for example seconds. The page heading changes to “Minutes to Seconds Converter”.
- The calculator multiplies by the second factor of the “from” unit and divides by the factor of the “to” unit: 90 min × 60 ÷ 1 = 5,400 s.
1 minute in common units
| Unit | Value |
|---|---|
| Seconds (s) | 60 |
| Hours (h) | 0.016666667 |
| Days (day) | 0.00069444444 |
| Weeks (week) | 9.920635 × 10-5 |
| Milliseconds (ms) | 60,000 |
Minutes conversion table
| Minutes | s | h | day | week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 60 | 0.016666667 | 0.00069444444 | 9.920635 × 10-5 |
| 15 | 900 | 0.25 | 0.010416667 | 0.0014880952 |
| 30 | 1,800 | 0.5 | 0.020833333 | 0.0029761905 |
| 45 | 2,700 | 0.75 | 0.03125 | 0.0044642857 |
| 60 | 3,600 | 1 | 0.041666667 | 0.005952381 |
| 90 | 5,400 | 1.5 | 0.0625 | 0.0089285714 |
| 120 | 7,200 | 2 | 0.083333333 | 0.011904762 |
| 1,440 | 86,400 | 24 | 1 | 0.14285714 |
What is a minute?
A minute is 60 seconds. The base-60 split of hours and minutes comes from ancient Babylonian astronomy.
What is a second?
The second is the SI base unit of time, defined by 9,192,631,770 cycles of radiation from a caesium-133 atom.
What is an hour?
An hour is 60 minutes or 3,600 seconds. Wages, shifts and travel times are counted in hours.
Common mistakes to avoid
Treating every month as 30 days or every year as 365 days in long calculations, and writing decimal hours such as 1.5 h as 1 h 50 min (it is 1 h 30 min).
Formula
1 min = 60 s1 min = 0.016666667 h1 min = 0.00069444444 day1 min = 9.920635 × 10^-5 week1 min = 60,000 msWorked example
Inputs — From: 90 min.
Results — To = 5,400 s; Hours = 1.5 h; Days = 0.0625 day; Weeks = 0.00892857 week; Milliseconds = 5,400,000 ms; As hours and minutes = 90 h 0 min.
Frequently asked questions
How many minutes in a day?
1,440.
How many hours is 90 minutes?
1.5 hours.
How many minutes in a week?
10,080.
How do I change the units?
Pick any unit in the From and To menus. The value is converted in place, and the heading changes to show your conversion, for example “Minutes to Seconds Converter”.
Can I type into any field?
Yes. Every field is editable, so you can start from whichever unit you have.
How many units can I convert between?
14 time units, from the everyday to the specialised.
Which units are exact?
All factors here are exact by definition except astronomical and similar reference values, which use internationally agreed constants.
What formula does the Minute Converter use?
1 min = 60 s.