Minute
| minute | |
|---|---|
An analogue clock showing one minute after twelve | |
| General information | |
| Unit system | Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI |
| Unit of | time |
| Symbol | min |
| Conversions | |
| 1 min in ... | ... is equal to ... |
| SI units | 60 s |
| Non-SI units | 1/60 h |
A minute is a unit of time defined as equal to 60 seconds. It is not a unit in the International System of Units (SI), but is accepted for use with SI. The SI symbol for minutes is min (without a dot). The prime symbol ′ is also sometimes used informally to denote minutes.
In the UTC time standard, a minute on rare occasions has 61 seconds, a consequence of leap seconds; there is also a provision to insert a negative leap second, which would result in a 59-second minute, but this has never happened in more than 40 years under this system.