Convert Days to Minutes
1 day is 1,440 min. One day is exactly 1440 minutes.
One day is 1440 minutes. To convert days to minutes, multiply by 1440; to go the other way, divide by 1440 or multiply by 6.9444 × 10^-4. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from BIPM SI Brochure. Exactly 86,400 seconds by convention.
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Minutes
1,440 min
- Days × 1440
value * 14401,440 min
1 day in every time unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| seconds | 86,400 s | × 86,400 |
| minutes | 1,440 min | × 1,440 |
| hours | 24 h | × 24 |
| days (as entered) | 1 d | — |
| weeks | 0.1428571429 wk | × 0.142857142857 |
| months | 0.03285488408 mo | × 0.0328548840839 |
| years | 0.002737907007 yr | × 0.00273790700699 |
Factors are entered by hand from BIPM SI Brochure rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert days to minutes?
- 1.Take the measurement in days.
- 2.Multiply by 1440 — that is how many minutes fit in one day.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 1440, or multiply by 6.9444 × 10^-4.
Days to minutes conversion table
| Days | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 1 d | 1,440 min |
| 2 d | 2,880 min |
| 3 d | 4,320 min |
| 4 d | 5,760 min |
| 5 d | 7,200 min |
| 6 d | 8,640 min |
| 7 d | 10,080 min |
| 8 d | 11,520 min |
| 9 d | 12,960 min |
| 10 d | 14,400 min |
| 12 d | 17,280 min |
| 15 d | 21,600 min |
| 20 d | 28,800 min |
| 25 d | 36,000 min |
| 50 d | 72,000 min |
| 100 d | 144,000 min |
What are days and minutes?
- Day (d)
- Exactly 86,400 seconds by convention. A solar day runs a few milliseconds long or short, which is what a leap second corrects.
- Minute (min)
- Sixty seconds exactly. Not an SI unit, but accepted for use with it.
Source: BIPM SI Brochure — the second, and units accepted for use with the SI
Questions people actually ask
- How many minutes are in a day?
- 1440. Sixty seconds exactly. Not an SI unit, but accepted for use with it.
- How do I convert minutes back to days?
- Divide by 1440, or multiply by 6.9444 × 10^-4 — they are the same operation.
Other time conversions
Minutes to days — the same conversion the other way.