What is day?

A day is a unit of time equal to 24 hours, corresponding to one full rotation of the Earth. It is the primary unit for calendars, deadlines, event scheduling, and date-based calculations.

What is hour?

An hour is a unit of time equal to 60 minutes. It is the standard unit for time-of-day references, work schedules, travel durations, and billing periods across most global contexts.

Worked examples

1 day = 24 hour

1 hour = 3,600 second