Conversion from Day (d) to Minute (min) and vice versa

Here you can convert the Unit of time Day into the unit Minute and vice versa you can convert Minute into Day. By clicking the "Swap units" icon, you will always obtain the desired conversion in the calculation result, i.e., d to min or min to d. With the following calculator you can also calculate any other Unit of time.

Info about "Day"

Although the day (d) (Latin: dies) is not part of the International SI System of Units, it is indirectly approved for use with the SI through its definition that a day has 24 hours of 60 minutes a 60 seconds, is indirectly permitted for use with the SI. This is because the second forms the official SI base value.

Thereby 1 day equals 24 × 60 = 86,400 seconds 1 second therefore equals 0.0000115741 days.

For thousands of years, the astronomical day, i.e. the time from sunrise to sunrise again, was the historical basic unit for time. The first reliable time measurements were made by the Egyptians in daylight using sundials, which they divided into 12 units according to their usual system of twelve numbers. according to their usual twelve-number system. At night, they used the position of 12 stars to measure the time at night. It was not yet so important that days were longer in summer than in winter. Basically, the day and the night were divided into twelve time periods. It was only later, a good 2,000 years ago, that Greek astronomers divided the day into hours of equal length.

The day as the basis for time was not replaced by the second until the middle of the 20th century. It was proven, among other things, by means of modern quartz clocks that the astronomical day, i.e. one revolution of the Earth, is constantly becoming somewhat slower. This confirmed the assumption that, for example, magma shifts beneath the earth's mantle and also the tides slow down the Earth's rotation. Therefore, since 1956, the second has been defined in such a way that it is measured by an atomic clock and a leap second must be added to the calendar year every 2 to 5 years. This is why a day that is actually 86,400.003 atomic seconds long, is always 86,400 seconds long, and from time to time it has a one-off 86,401 seconds.

Info about "Minute"

The minute (min) is not part of the SI International System of Units, but is approved for use with the SI. The minute is derived from the base unit second. This makes it a legal unit of measurement.

Thereby 1 minute equals 60 seconds or 1 second equals 0.0166667 minutes.

After the day had already been divided into 24 units in ancient Egypt, Greek astronomers began a good 2,000 years ago to divide each of these 24 units into 60 units using the Babylonian sexagesimal system. These 60 units were called "diminished part" (Latin: pars minuta), which led to the term "minute". The minutes were again subdivided into 60 subunits, i.e. a "second diminished part" (Latin:pars minuta secunda), which in turn became the term "second". Thus the minute was defined astronomically as one 60th of an hour, and thus as one 60th of one 24th of a day.

It is now known that the earth's rotation slows down somewhat, so the astronomical days always become minimally longer. The basic unit of time, the second, is now measured by atomic clocks, which are more accurate than the astronomical day. Therefore Therefore, a leap second must be added every 2 to 5 years in order to synchronise the atomic clocks with the earth's rotation again. A calendar minute then lasts 61 seconds.

Basis for conversion Day (d) to Minute (min)

The abbreviation for the "Unit of time Day" is d. The abbreviation for the "Unit of time Minute" is min.

Formula for the conversion of Day (d) to Minute (min)

The calculation from Day to Minute shall be made using the following conversion formula:

Formula for the conversion of Minute (min) to Day (d)

The calculation from Minute to Day shall be made using the following conversion formula:

Overview table: How many Day are how many Minute?

Overview table: How many Minute are how many Day?