Conversion formula

The conversion factor from seconds to hours is 0.00027777777777778, which means that 1 second is equal to 0.00027777777777778 hours:

1 s = 0.00027777777777778 hr

To convert 1200 seconds into hours we have to multiply 1200 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from seconds to hours. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 s → 0.00027777777777778 hr

1200 s → T_(hr)

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

T_(hr) = 1200 s × 0.00027777777777778 hr

T_(hr) = 0.33333333333333 hr

The final result is:

1200 s → 0.33333333333333 hr

We conclude that 1200 seconds is equivalent to 0.33333333333333 hours:

1200 seconds = 0.33333333333333 hours

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 hour is equal to 3 × 1200 seconds.

Another way is saying that 1200 seconds is equal to 1 ÷ 3 hours.

Approximate result

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

1200 s ≅ 0.333 hr

An alternative is also that one hour is approximately three times one thousand two hundred seconds.

Conversion table

seconds to hours chart

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