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Yes! Use a Time unit conversion tool to quickly convert between different time units. For example, 1 day = 24 hours, 1 week = 168 hours. So if your project phase is 2 weeks, that’s 336 hours. The calculator makes this instant instead of doing multiplication in your head (especially helpful when dealing with odd numbers like 3.5 weeks). This is super useful for project management when different stakeholders want information in different formats – developers might think in hours, managers in days, executives in weeks. I keep one bookmarked because I’m constantly converting between: hours to days for timesheets, days to weeks for project planning, minutes to hours for meeting time tracking, and even seconds to minutes when analyzing process efficiency. Pro tip: when creating project timelines, account for actual working hours, not calendar hours. If someone says “I need 40 hours to complete this,” that’s 5 full working days if they’re doing nothing else, but in reality it might take 1-2 weeks because they have meetings, other tasks, etc. Always pad your estimates! The time converter is just the first step – understanding how time actually works in projects is the bigger challenge.