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Unit Converters

Time Converter

Convert between seconds, hours, days and weeks.

Why time conversion still uses base-60

Unlike most modern measurement systems, which moved to base-10 for ease of conversion, time measurement still runs on base-60 for seconds and minutes — a holdover from ancient Babylonian mathematics that proved durable enough to survive into the modern world largely unchanged.

This converter handles the arithmetic across seconds, minutes, hours, days and weeks, so you don't need to remember that there are 86,400 seconds in a day or 604,800 in a week.

Frequently asked questions

Why are there 60 seconds in a minute instead of a rounder number?

The 60-based (sexagesimal) system for time dates back to ancient Babylonian mathematics, which used base-60 counting. It stuck around for time and angle measurement long after most other measurement systems moved to base-10.