Editing Minute (section)

{{short description|Unit of time equal to 60 seconds}}
{{About|the unit of time|angle|Minute of arc|the written record of a meeting|Minutes|other uses|Minute (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox unit
| name     = minute<!-- Please do not capitalize: all unit infoboxes help to familiarize correct usage. -->
| image    = Clock 12-01.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert
| caption  = An [[analogue clock]] showing one minute after twelve
| symbol   = min
| standard = [[Non-SI units mentioned in the SI|Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI]]
| quantity = [[time]]
| units1   = [[SI units]]
| inunits1 = {{val|60|ul=s}}
| units2   = Non-SI units
| inunits2 = {{sfrac|60}} [[Hour|h]]
}}
A '''minute''' is a [[unit of time]] defined as equal to 60 [[second]]s.<ref name=SI/>
It is not a unit in the [[International System of Units]] (SI), but is [[Non-SI units mentioned in the SI|accepted for use with SI]].<ref name=SI>{{cite web|url=https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si-brochure/SI-Brochure-9-EN.pdf|work=Bureau International de Poids et Mesures|title=Non-SI units accepted for use with the SI, and units based on fundamental constants|pages=145–146|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200316121104/https://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si-brochure/SI-Brochure-9-EN.pdf |archive-date=16 March 2020 }}</ref> The SI symbol for minutes is '''min''' (without a dot). The [[prime symbol]] {{char|′}} is also sometimes used informally to denote minutes.<ref>{{Cite book|author=Nelson, D. | title=The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics | edition=4th |publisher=Penguin UK|year=2008|entry=Prime symbol (accent)| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ud3sEeVdTIwC&pg=PT519 | isbn = 978-0141920870}}</ref>

In the [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] [[time standard]], a minute on rare occasions has 61 seconds, a consequence of [[leap second]]s; there is also a provision to insert a negative leap second, which would result in a 59-second minute, but this has never happened in more than 40 years under this system.