›› Measurement unit: year

Full name: year

Plural form: years

Symbol: yr

Alternate spelling: yrs

Category type: time

Scale factor: 31536000


›› SI unit: second

The SI base unit for time is the second.
1 second is equal to 3.17097919838E-8 year.


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›› Definition: Year

A year is the time between two recurrences of an event related to the orbit of the Earth around the Sun. By extension, this can be applied to any planet: for example, a "Martian year" is a year on Mars.


›› Sample conversions: year

year to decade
year to quarter
year to second
year to century
year to minute
year to fortnight
year to month
year to nanosecond
year to hour
year to millisecond


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