Convert Day to Second
Day
A day is a unit of time equal to 24 hours, which is the time it takes for the Earth to complete one full rotation on its axis relative to the Sun. It is commonly used to measure the duration of activities, sleep cycles, work schedules, and other daily occurrences.
The concept of the day has its roots in ancient astronomy, particularly in the observation of the Earth's rotation. The division of time into days dates back to early civilizations such as the Babylonians, Egyptians, and Greeks, who divided the day into two parts: daylight and nighttime. The 24-hour day originates from the Egyptians, who divided the daytime into 12 hours based on their use of sundials and the nighttime into 12 hours based on star movements. This 24-hour division was later adopted by other cultures and has remained the standard for modern timekeeping, with the cycle of one full rotation of the Earth defining the length of a day.
Second
The second (s) is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI). It is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the cesium-133 atom. This precise definition allows for accurate and consistent measurements of time across various scientific and practical applications.
The second has its origins in ancient Babylonian astronomy, where the day was divided into 24 hours, each hour into 60 minutes, and each minute into 60 seconds. The concept of dividing time into smaller units became more standardized over time, particularly in the 17th century, when the development of more accurate clocks led to a need for precise measurements of time. The modern definition, based on the cesium-133 atom, was adopted in 1967 by the International System of Units (SI) to ensure consistency and precision in timekeeping across scientific fields. The second is now universally used as the fundamental unit of time.
Convert Day to other time-converter units
1 Day = 86400 Second
1 Day = 86400000000 Millisecond
1 Day = 3600000000 Microsecond
1 Day = 86400000000000 Nanosecond
1 Day = 86400000000000000 Picosecond
1 Day = 1440 Minute
1 Day = 24 Hour
1 Day = 1 Day
1 Day = 0.1428571429 Week
1 Day = 0.0328767123 Month
1 Day = 0.0027378508 Year
1 Day = 0.0002737851 Decade
1 Day = 0.0000273785 Century
1 Day = 0.0000027379 Millennium