How long does it take mars to axis? It takes any planet one day to rotate on its axis. A Martian day is only slightly longer than an Earth day: 24 hrs. 39 mins. 35 secs.
2. Divide the number of seconds by 60 to convert seconds to minutes. Every 60 seconds a full minute has passed. Dividing a number tells you how many times one number fits in the other.
To convert a time to minutes, the time is multiplied by 1440, which is the the number of minutes in one day: For the time 02:30:30, the formula in cell B2 of the above spreadsheet returns the value 150.5. I.e. 2 hours 30 minutes and 30 seconds is equal to 150.5 minutes.