How many days in 12 hours?

Conversion formula

The conversion factor from hours to days is 0.041666666666667, which means that 1 hour is equal to 0.041666666666667 days:

1 hr = 0.041666666666667 d

To convert 12 hours into days we have to multiply 12 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from hours to days. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 hr → 0.041666666666667 d

12 hr → T_(d)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in days:

T_(d) = 12 hr × 0.041666666666667 d

T_(d) = 0.5 d

The final result is:

12 hr → 0.5 d

We conclude that 12 hours is equivalent to 0.5 days:

12 hours = 0.5 days

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 day is equal to 2 × 12 hours.

Another way is saying that 12 hours is equal to 1 ÷ 2 days.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twelve hours is approximately zero point five days:

12 hr ≅ 0.5 d

An alternative is also that one day is approximately two times twelve hours.

Conversion table

hours to days chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from hours to days

hours (hr)	days (d)
13 hours	0.542 days
14 hours	0.583 days
15 hours	0.625 days
16 hours	0.667 days
17 hours	0.708 days
18 hours	0.75 days
19 hours	0.792 days
20 hours	0.833 days
21 hours	0.875 days
22 hours	0.917 days

Conversion units

The units involved in this conversion are hours and days. This is how they are defined:

Hour

An hour (symbol: h; also abbreviated hr.) is a unit of time conventionally reckoned as 1⁄24 of a day and scientifically reckoned as 3,599–3,601 seconds, depending on conditions. The seasonal, temporal, or unequal hour was established in the ancient Near East as 1⁄12 of the night or daytime. Such hours varied by season, latitude, and weather. It was subsequently divided into 60 minutes, each of 60 seconds. Its East Asian equivalent was the shi, which was 1⁄12 of the apparent solar day; a similar system was eventually developed in Europe which measured its equal or equinoctial hour as 1⁄24 of such days measured from noon to noon. The minor variations of this unit were eventually smoothed by making it 1⁄24 of the mean solar day, based on the measure of the sun's transit along the celestial equator rather than along the ecliptic. This was finally abandoned due to the minor slowing caused by the Earth's tidal deceleration by the Moon. In the modern metric system, hours are an accepted unit of time equal to 3,600 seconds but an hour of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) may incorporate a positive or negative leap second, making it last 3,599 or 3,601 seconds, in order to keep it within 0.9 seconds of universal time, which is based on measurements of the mean solar day at 0° longitude.

Source: Wikipedia Topic: hour

Day

A day (symbol: d) is a unit of time. In common usage, it is either an interval equal to 24 hours or daytime, the consecutive period of time during which the Sun is above the horizon. The period of time during which the Earth completes one rotation with respect to the Sun is called a solar day. Several definitions of this universal human concept are used according to context, need and convenience. In 1960, the second was redefined in terms of the orbital motion of the Earth, and was designated the SI base unit of time. The unit of measurement "day", redefined in 1960 as 86 400 SI seconds and symbolized d, is not an SI unit, but is accepted for use with SI. A civil day is usually 86 400 seconds, plus or minus a possible leap second in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), and occasionally plus or minus an hour in those locations that change from or to daylight saving time.

Source: Wikipedia Topic: day