Minutes in a Day

Number of minutes in a day.

Usage

var MINUTES_IN_DAY = require( '@stdlib/constants/time/minutes-in-day' );

MINUTES_IN_DAY

Number of minutes in a day.

var bool = ( MINUTES_IN_DAY === 1440 );
// returns true

Notes

The value is a generalization and does not take into account inaccuracies due to daylight savings conventions, crossing timezones, or other complications with time and dates.

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' );
var roundn = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/roundn' );
var MINUTES_IN_DAY = require( '@stdlib/constants/time/minutes-in-day' );

var d;
var m;
var i;

function days2mins( days ) {
    return days * MINUTES_IN_DAY;
}

for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
    d = roundn( randu()*20.0, -2 );
    m = days2mins( d );
    console.log( '%d days => %d minutes', d, m );
}