Time Converter
Convert between seconds, minutes, hours, days, and other time units
Common Time Conversions
Time Facts & Examples
Light Speed
Light travels around Earth in 0.133 seconds
Human Lifespan
Average lifespan ≈ 700,000 hours or 80 years
Leap Year
Every 4 years has 366 days (extra 24 hours)
Heartbeat
Human heart beats ~100,000 times per day
About Time Measurement
Time is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events that occurs in succession from the past through the present to the future. It's one of the seven fundamental SI base units and is essential for synchronization, scheduling, and scientific calculations across all disciplines.
Common Applications
- • Scientific research and data analysis
- • Project management and scheduling
- • Transportation and logistics
- • Financial calculations and interest
- • Sports timing and performance
- • Computer science and programming
Time Units
- • Small: nanosecond, microsecond, millisecond
- • Standard: second, minute, hour
- • Daily: day, week
- • Calendar: month, year, decade
- • Geological: century, millennium, eon
Time Standards
The second is defined by atomic vibrations of cesium-133 atoms (9,192,631,770 vibrations).Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the world time standard. A leap secondis occasionally added to UTC to account for Earth's rotation irregularities.