I know this works...but why 1440? What is the significance of this number?

"Teethless mama" wrote:

=A1/1440

format cell as: h:mm

"Paul" wrote:

How can I convert minutes into hours and minutes? For example: 235 minutes to
give me the result of 3 hours and 55 minutes. Besides the formula, is there
any special formatting of the cells needed?
Thanks