How to convert time units?
Time conversion is essential in many fields: software development (timestamps, timeouts), video editing (frame rates, duration), project management (estimates, deadlines), and everyday life (cooking, travel planning).
Standard time conversions
- 1 minute = 60 seconds
- 1 hour = 60 minutes = 3,600 seconds
- 1 day = 24 hours = 1,440 minutes = 86,400 seconds
- 1 week = 7 days = 168 hours
- 1 month ≈ 30.44 days (average)
- 1 year = 365 days (common year) or 366 days (leap year)
- 1 decade = 10 years
- 1 century = 100 years
- 1 millennium = 1,000 years
Useful for developers
- Convert milliseconds to seconds for JavaScript timers
- Calculate API timeout durations
- Convert Unix timestamps to readable dates
- Estimate task durations in agile sprints
Useful for video editors
- Convert frame counts to timecodes
- Calculate clip durations
- Estimate render times