Minute Calculator
Convert between minutes and other time units, or add multiple time periods
Time Calculator
Example Calculations
Converting Days to Minutes
Input: 1 day
Calculation: 1 × 24 × 60 = 1,440 minutes
Use case: Calculating rental costs per minute vs. per day
Adding Movie Durations
Movie 1: 2:58:15 (2 hrs, 58 min, 15 sec)
Movie 2: 2:59:03 (2 hrs, 59 min, 3 sec)
Movie 3: 3:20:52 (3 hrs, 20 min, 52 sec)
Total: 9:18:10 (9 hrs, 18 min, 10 sec)
Time Unit Conversions
Time Facts
Average month: 30.44 days
Average year: 365.25 days (includes leap years)
Minute originally defined as 1/60 of an hour
Second now based on atomic radiation frequency
Calculator Tips
Use decimals for precise calculations (e.g., 3.5 hours)
Adding mode accepts up to 10 time values
Negative values work for subtraction
Results show up to 8 decimal places for precision
Understanding Time and Minutes
History of Time Measurement
The minute as a unit of time has ancient origins. Originally, the day was divided into 24 hours, each hour into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. This base-60 system comes from ancient Babylonian mathematics.
Modern Definition:
- •1 second = 9,192,631,770 periods of caesium-133 radiation
- •1 minute = exactly 60 seconds
- •1 hour = exactly 60 minutes
- •1 day = exactly 24 hours
Conversion Formulas
To convert TO minutes:
- • Seconds ÷ 60 = Minutes
- • Hours × 60 = Minutes
- • Days × 1,440 = Minutes
- • Weeks × 10,080 = Minutes
- • Months × 43,829 = Minutes (approx.)
- • Years × 525,960 = Minutes (approx.)
Common Applications:
- • Project time estimation
- • Billing and time tracking
- • Media duration calculations
- • Event planning and scheduling