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Hours Minutes Seconds Calculator

Turn hours, minutes and seconds into a total number of seconds, or paste a seconds count and get it back as hh:mm:ss. Useful for timecodes, race times and anything logged in raw seconds.

Hours, minutes and seconds to total seconds

0sec

Total seconds

Timecode

00:00:00

Zero padded hh:mm:ss

Decimal hours

0.0000

Four places, for billing

Total minutes

0.00

Including the seconds

The other way: seconds back to hh:mm:ss

00:00:00

Hours, minutes and seconds

Reference

Every unit against the others

Open the unit you are starting from. Each row gives a common amount of it in seconds, minutes and hours.

SecondsSeconds converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
Seconds converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
AmountSecondsMinutesHours
1 seconds1 sec0.01670.0003
2 seconds2 sec0.03330.0006
3 seconds3 sec0.050.0008
5 seconds5 sec0.08330.0014
10 seconds10 sec0.16670.0028
15 seconds15 sec0.250.0042
20 seconds20 sec0.33330.0056
30 seconds30 sec0.50.0083
45 seconds45 sec0.750.0125
60 seconds60 sec10.0167
90 seconds90 sec1.50.025
100 seconds100 sec1.66670.0278
500 seconds500 sec8.33330.1389
1,000 seconds1,000 sec16.66670.2778
MinutesMinutes converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
Minutes converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
AmountSecondsMinutesHours
1 minutes60 sec10.0167
2 minutes120 sec20.0333
3 minutes180 sec30.05
5 minutes300 sec50.0833
10 minutes600 sec100.1667
15 minutes900 sec150.25
20 minutes1,200 sec200.3333
30 minutes1,800 sec300.5
45 minutes2,700 sec450.75
60 minutes3,600 sec601
90 minutes5,400 sec901.5
100 minutes6,000 sec1001.6667
500 minutes30,000 sec5008.3333
1,000 minutes60,000 sec100016.6667
HoursHours converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
Hours converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
AmountSecondsMinutesHours
1 hours3,600 sec601
2 hours7,200 sec1202
3 hours10,800 sec1803
5 hours18,000 sec3005
10 hours36,000 sec60010
15 hours54,000 sec90015
20 hours72,000 sec120020
30 hours108,000 sec180030
45 hours162,000 sec270045
60 hours216,000 sec360060
90 hours324,000 sec540090
100 hours360,000 sec6000100
500 hours1,800,000 sec30000500
1,000 hours3,600,000 sec600001000
DaysDays converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
Days converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
AmountSecondsMinutesHours
1 days86,400 sec144024
2 days172,800 sec288048
3 days259,200 sec432072
5 days432,000 sec7200120
10 days864,000 sec14400240
15 days1,296,000 sec21600360
20 days1,728,000 sec28800480
30 days2,592,000 sec43200720
45 days3,888,000 sec648001080
60 days5,184,000 sec864001440
90 days7,776,000 sec1296002160
100 days8,640,000 sec1440002400
500 days43,200,000 sec72000012000
1,000 days86,400,000 sec144000024000
WeeksWeeks converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
Weeks converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
AmountSecondsMinutesHours
1 weeks604,800 sec10080168
2 weeks1,209,600 sec20160336
3 weeks1,814,400 sec30240504
5 weeks3,024,000 sec50400840
10 weeks6,048,000 sec1008001680
15 weeks9,072,000 sec1512002520
20 weeks12,096,000 sec2016003360
30 weeks18,144,000 sec3024005040
45 weeks27,216,000 sec4536007560
60 weeks36,288,000 sec60480010080
90 weeks54,432,000 sec90720015120
100 weeks60,480,000 sec100800016800
500 weeks302,400,000 sec504000084000
1,000 weeks604,800,000 sec10080000168000
Months (average)Months converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
Months converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
AmountSecondsMinutesHours
1 months2,629,746 sec43829.1730.485
2 months5,259,492 sec87658.21460.97
3 months7,889,238 sec131487.32191.455
5 months13,148,730 sec219145.53652.425
10 months26,297,460 sec4382917304.85
15 months39,446,190 sec657436.510957.275
20 months52,594,920 sec87658214609.7
30 months78,892,380 sec131487321914.55
45 months118,338,570 sec1972309.532871.825
60 months157,784,760 sec262974643829.1
90 months236,677,140 sec394461965743.65
100 months262,974,600 sec438291073048.5
500 months1,314,873,000 sec21914550365242.5
1,000 months2,629,746,000 sec43829100730485
Years (average)Years converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
Years converted into seconds, minutes, hours and days.
AmountSecondsMinutesHours
1 years31,556,952 sec525949.28765.82
2 years63,113,904 sec1051898.417531.64
3 years94,670,856 sec1577847.626297.46
5 years157,784,760 sec262974643829.1
10 years315,569,520 sec525949287658.2
15 years473,354,280 sec7889238131487.3
20 years631,139,040 sec10518984175316.4
30 years946,708,560 sec15778476262974.6
45 years1,420,062,840 sec23667714394461.9
60 years1,893,417,120 sec31556952525949.2
90 years2,840,125,680 sec47335428788923.8
100 years3,155,695,200 sec52594920876582
500 years15,778,476,000 sec2629746004382910
1,000 years31,556,952,000 sec5259492008765820

Durations and seconds counts

Machines record durations in seconds. A log file, a video timeline, an API response: all of them hand back a plain number like 5025. People read time as 01:23:45.

Converting is two steps each way. To seconds, multiply hours by 3,600, minutes by 60, and add. Back again, divide by 3,600 for the hours, then divide the remainder by 60 for the minutes, and keep what is left as seconds.

The hours field here keeps counting past 24 rather than rolling over, because a 30-hour total is a 30-hour total. Rolling to 06:00:00 would be a clock time, which is a different thing entirely.

Why four decimal places

A second is 0.000278 of an hour. Round decimal hours to the usual two places and you lose up to eighteen seconds per entry, which is invisible once and material across a month of short entries.

This matters most where the work is short and the rate is high: support calls, code reviews, consultations. Twenty entries a day rounded down is several minutes of billable time gone, every day.

So the decimal readout here carries four places. Round it later if your system needs two, but round deliberately rather than losing it before you have seen it.

hh:mm:ss is a format worth using

Zero-padded hh:mm:ss sorts correctly as plain text, which is why logs and video tools use it. 01:23:45 sorts before 10:00:00 in a way that 1:23:45 does not.

It is also unambiguous. 1:23 could be an hour and 23 minutes or a minute and 23 seconds, and the padded three-part form removes the guess.

If you need to add two of these together rather than convert one, the time calculator handles h/m/s arithmetic directly, and the time unit converter goes further up the scale to days and years.

Answers

Frequently asked questions

Common queries and answers about the hours minutes seconds calculator.

How do I convert hours minutes seconds to seconds?
Multiply the hours by 3,600, the minutes by 60, and add the seconds. So 1:23:45 is 3,600 plus 1,380 plus 45, which is 5,025 seconds.
How do I convert seconds to hours minutes seconds?
Divide by 3,600 for the hours, take the remainder and divide by 60 for the minutes, and whatever is left is the seconds.
How many seconds is 1 hour 30 minutes?
5,400 seconds. An hour is 3,600 and half an hour is 1,800.
How many seconds are in an hour?
3,600. Sixty minutes with sixty seconds in each.
What is 5025 seconds in hours and minutes?
1 hour 23 minutes and 45 seconds, written 01:23:45 as a timecode.
Why does this show four decimal places?
Because a second is only 0.0003 of an hour. Rounding to two places throws away up to eighteen seconds, which matters when short pieces of work are billed.
What is hh:mm:ss?
A zero-padded timecode: two digits each for hours, minutes and seconds. It sorts correctly as text, which is why logs and video tools use it.
How do I add two times with seconds?
Convert both to seconds, add them, then convert the total back. The time calculator on this site will add two durations directly for you.
Should I bill in seconds?
Rarely. Most work is billed in minutes or six-minute increments, but capturing the seconds first means the rounding is a decision rather than an accident.
Does this handle times longer than a day?
Yes. The hours field keeps counting past 24 rather than rolling over, so a 30-hour total stays as 30 hours.

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