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 842 hours into seconds we have to multiply 842 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

842 hr → T_(s)

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

T_(s) = 842 hr × 3600 s

T_(s) = 3031200 s

The final result is:

842 hr → 3031200 s

We conclude that 842 hours is equivalent to 3031200 seconds:

842 hours = 3031200 seconds

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 second is equal to 3.2990234890472E-7 × 842 hours.

Another way is saying that 842 hours is equal to 1 ÷ 3.2990234890472E-7 seconds.

Approximate result

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

842 hr ≅ 3031200 s

An alternative is also that one second is approximately zero times eight hundred forty-two 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