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Conversion formula

The conversion factor from hours to seconds is 3600, which means that 1 hour is equal to 3600 seconds:

1 hr = 3600 s

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

1 hr → 3600 s

12 hr → T(s)

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

T(s) = 12 hr × 3600 s

T(s) = 43200 s

The final result is:

12 hr → 43200 s

We conclude that 12 hours is equivalent to 43200 seconds:

12 hours = 43200 seconds

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 second is equal to 2.3148148148148E-5 × 12 hours.

Another way is saying that 12 hours is equal to 1 ÷ 2.3148148148148E-5 seconds.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twelve hours is approximately forty-three thousand two hundred seconds:

12 hr ≅ 43200 s

An alternative is also that one second is approximately zero times twelve hours.

Conversion table

hours to seconds chart

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

hours (hr) seconds (s)
13 hours 46800 seconds
14 hours 50400 seconds
15 hours 54000 seconds
16 hours 57600 seconds
17 hours 61200 seconds
18 hours 64800 seconds
19 hours 68400 seconds
20 hours 72000 seconds
21 hours 75600 seconds
22 hours 79200 seconds