Seconds to Days Converter
Enter the time in seconds below to get the value converted to days.
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How to Convert Seconds to Days
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To convert a measurement in seconds to a measurement in days, divide the time by the following conversion ratio: 86,400 seconds/day.
Since one day is equal to 86,400 seconds, you can use this simple formula to convert:
days = seconds ÷ 86,400
The time in days is equal to the time in seconds divided by 86,400.
Seconds and days are both units used to measure time. Keep reading to learn more about each unit of measure.
What Is a Second?
The second has historically been defined as 1/60 of a minute or 1/86,400 of a day. According to the SI definition, the second is the duration of 9,192,631,770 oscillations of the frequency of light emitted from the atomic transition between the two hyperfine levels of the unperturbed ground state of the caesium 133 atom.[1]
The second is the SI base unit for time in the metric system. Seconds can be abbreviated as s, and are also sometimes abbreviated as sec. For example, 1 second can be written as 1 s or 1 sec.
Learn more about seconds.
What Is a Day?
One day is the time it takes for the Earth to complete a single 360-degree rotation about its axis. There are 24 hours in a day.
The day is an SI accepted unit for time for use with the metric system. Days can be abbreviated as d; for example, 1 day can be written as 1 d.
Learn more about days.
Second to Day Conversion Table
| Seconds | Days |
|---|---|
| 1 s | 0.000011574 d |
| 2 s | 0.000023148 d |
| 3 s | 0.000034722 d |
| 4 s | 0.000046296 d |
| 5 s | 0.00005787 d |
| 6 s | 0.000069444 d |
| 7 s | 0.000081019 d |
| 8 s | 0.000092593 d |
| 9 s | 0.000104 d |
| 10 s | 0.000116 d |
| 100 s | 0.001157 d |
| 1,000 s | 0.011574 d |
| 10,000 s | 0.115741 d |
| 100,000 s | 1.1574 d |
References
- International Bureau of Weights and Measures, The International System of Units, 9th Edition, 2019, https://www.bipm.org/documents/20126/41483022/SI-Brochure-9-EN.pdf
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