The following 18 Units are included in this category:
ID |
Unit (symbol) |
Definition |
Wikipedia page and other notes |
1 |
second (s) |
- |
|
2 |
millisecond (ms) |
10-3 s |
|
3 |
microsecond (μs) |
10-6 s |
|
4 |
nanosecond (ns) |
10-9 s |
|
5 |
picosecond (ps) |
10-12 s |
|
6 |
minute (min) |
60 s |
|
7 |
hour (h) |
60 min = 3600 s |
|
8 |
day (d) |
24 h = 86,400 s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day Not to be confused with the stellar day |
9 |
week (week) |
7 days = 604,800 s |
|
10 |
fortnight (fortnight) |
14 days = 1,209,600 s |
|
11 |
year [common = 365 days] (year_common) |
365 days = 31,536,000 s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_year Not to be confused with the Julian year |
12 |
year [Julian = 365.25 days] (year_Julian) |
365.25 days = 31,557,600 s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_year_(astronomy) Not to be confused with the common year |
13 |
decade [common] (decade_common) |
10 common years = 315,360,000 s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade Not to be confused with the Julian decade |
14 |
decade [Julian] (decade_Julian) |
10 Julian years = 315,576,000 s |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decade Not to be confused with the common decade |
15 |
century [common] (century_common) |
100 common years |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century Not to be confused with the Julian century |
16 |
century [Julian] (century_Julian) |
100 Julian years |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century Not to be confused with the common century |
17 |
millennium [common] (millennium_common) |
1000 common years |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium Not to be confused with the Julian millennium |
18 |
millennium [Julian] (millennium_Julian) |
1000 Julian years |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium Not to be confused with the common millennium |
All the above definitions of the various units are EXACT.
Note: In the above, a period (.) is used to indicate the decimal place and a comma (,) is used to separate groups of thousands.
Type of conversion relationship: DIRECTLY PROPORTIONAL (y=a∙x)
Example conversion diagram (see two units in bold above):
