second (s)
1 second = 0.01666667 minutes
What is second?
The second is the SI base unit of time. It is used globally in science, engineering, computing, and everyday life, and is the foundation upon which all other time units are built.
Notes: Base unit for time
Real-world uses
The second is the SI base unit of time, fundamental to all scientific measurement, computing clock cycles, athletic timing, and GPS satellite synchronization. Everyday timekeeping, cooking timers, and traffic light cycles all rely on seconds.
History
The concept of dividing the day into 86,400 parts dates to ancient Babylonian and Egyptian timekeeping. Since 1967, the SI second has been defined as 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation from a caesium-133 atom.
Common mistakes
Assuming a second has always been 1/86,400 of a day. The modern SI second is defined by caesium atom vibrations and is independent of Earth's rotation, which varies slightly due to tidal friction.
When is this conversion used?
Converting second to minute is useful in the time domain when comparing values across different measurement standards or applying formulas that require a specific unit.
How to convert second to minute
To convert second to minute, multiply the value by 0.01666667.
Conversion formula (from base unit)
x * 1.0
Measurement standards
The SI second is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium-133 atom, maintained by the BIPM and national metrology institutes worldwide.
Did you know?
Earth's rotation is gradually slowing due to tidal friction with the Moon. To keep atomic time aligned with solar time, "leap seconds" have been inserted 27 times since 1972 — though they are scheduled to be abolished by 2035.
| seconds | minutes |
|---|---|
| 0.1 | 0.00166667 |
| 0.5 | 0.00833333 |
| 1 | 0.01666667 |
| 2 | 0.03333333 |
| 5 | 0.08333333 |
| 10 | 0.16666667 |
| 25 | 0.41666667 |
| 50 | 0.83333333 |
| 100 | 1.66666667 |
| 250 | 4.16666667 |
| 500 | 8.33333333 |
| 1,000 | 16.66666667 |
Common values
| seconds | minutes | |
|---|---|---|
| Blink of an eye | 0.3 seconds | 0.005 minutes |
| Average pop song | 210 seconds | 3.5 minutes |
| Feature film | 7,200 seconds | 120 minutes |
| One work day (8 hrs) | 28,800 seconds | 480 minutes |
| One calendar year | 31,536,000 seconds | 525,600 minutes |
Full second conversion table
| Unit | Value | Factor |
|---|---|---|
| minute | 1 s = 0.01666667 min | × 0.01666667 |
| hour | 1 s = 0.00027778 h | × 0.00027778 |
| day | 1 s = 0.00001157 d | × 0.00001157 |
| week | 1 s = 0.00000165 wk | × 0.00000165 |
| year (365 d) | 1 s = 3.170979e-08 yr | × 3.170979e-08 |
| millisecond | 1 s = 1,000 ms | × 1,000 |
| microsecond | 1 s = 1,000,000 µs | × 1,000,000 |
| nanosecond | 1 s = 999,999,999.99999988 ns | × 999,999,999.99999988 |
| century (100 yr) | 1 s = 3.170979e-10 century | × 3.170979e-10 |