To help compare orders of magnitude of different times this page lists times between 10⁰ seconds and 10¹ seconds (1 to 10 seconds). See also times of other orders of magnitude.

• Shorter times
• 1 second — the second is the metric standard unit for time
• 1.2096 seconds — a VMS microfortnight
• 1.26 seconds — approximate time it takes light to travel between earth and the moon
• 9.78 seconds — world record for the men's 100m event (2002)
• Longer times