What is the Day?
The day is a unit of time and is an SI-derived unit with the symbol d.
On Earth, it is defined as 86,400 seconds and is approximately the time it takes for the earth to complete a full rotation around its axis. In the earlier days, this was measured by waiting for a cast shadow to match a template drawn from the previous day's shadow.
There are 365 days in a year and, on average, 30.42 days in a month.
The unit day has many different variants; depending on what is used to measure the Earth's rotation. In a sidereal day (a rotation with respect to a distant star or constellation, not the sun), there is actually 4 minutes less than 24 hours in a cycle.
What is the Minute?
The minute is a unit of time and is a multiple of an SI base unit with the symbol m.
There are 60 seconds in a minute. There are 60 minutes in an hour.
The Iranian scholar and polymath Al-Biruni who lived through the Islamic Golden Age (circa 1000 AD) was the first to split the hour sexagesimally (by 60) and introduced what we now understand as the “minute”.
It is understood in modern society to represent a relatively short amount of time – and is used very commonly in language to ask for a short break; hence the phrase “wait a minute”, “uno momento” and “un moment s’il vous plait”.
Enter the time in days below to get the value converted to minutes.
How to Convert Days to Minutes
To convert a day measurement to a minute measurement, multiply the time by the conversion ratio.
Since one day is equal to 1,440 minutes, you can use this simple formula to convert:
minutes = days × 1,440
The time in minutes is equal to the days multiplied by 1,440.
For example, here's how to convert 5 days to minutes using the formula above.
5 day = (5 × 1,440) = 7,200 min
How Many Minutes Are in a Day?
There are 1,440 minutes in a day, which is why we use this value in the formula above.
1 day = 1,440 min
Days and minutes are both units used to measure time. Keep reading to learn more about each unit of measure.
Days
One day is the time it takes for the Earth to complete a single rotation around its axis in relation to the Sun. 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 day; for example, 1 day can be written as 1 day.
Minutes
The minute is a period of time equal to 1/60 of an hour or 60 seconds.
The minute is an SI accepted unit for time for use with the metric system. Minutes can be abbreviated as min; for example, 1 minute can be written as 1 min.
Day to Minute Conversion Table
Day measurements converted to minutes0.001 day | 1.44 min |
0.002 day | 2.88 min |
0.003 day | 4.32 min |
0.004 day | 5.76 min |
0.005 day | 7.2 min |
0.006 day | 8.64 min |
0.007 day | 10.08 min |
0.008 day | 11.52 min |
0.009 day | 12.96 min |
0.01 day | 14.4 min |
0.02 day | 28.8 min |
0.03 day | 43.2 min |
0.04 day | 57.6 min |
0.05 day | 72 min |
0.06 day | 86.4 min |
0.07 day | 100.8 min |
0.08 day | 115.2 min |
0.09 day | 129.6 min |
0.1 day | 144 min |
0.2 day | 288 min |
0.3 day | 432 min |
0.4 day | 576 min |
0.5 day | 720 min |
0.6 day | 864 min |
0.7 day | 1,008 min |
0.8 day | 1,152 min |
0.9 day | 1,296 min |
1 day | 1,440 min |
More Day & Minute Conversions
- days to centuries
- days to decades
- days to years
- days to months
- days to weeks
- days to hours
- days to seconds
- days to milliseconds
- days to microseconds
- days to nanoseconds
- centuries to minutes
- decades to minutes
- years to minutes
- months to minutes
- weeks to minutes
- hours to minutes
- seconds to minutes
- milliseconds to minutes
- microseconds to minutes
- nanoseconds to minutes