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How to Convert Seconds to Years with Python

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In Brief...

The time() method of Python's time module returns the seconds since the epoch (1/1/1970 at midnight). To convert the number of seconds to years with Python, divide by seconds in a minute, minutes in an hour, hours in a day, and days in a year.

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Instructions

  1. Start with a number of seconds. time.time() will return something in the neighborhood of 1466604569.0708675: 
    import time
seconds = time.time()
print(seconds)
    Output: 
    1466604569.0708675
  2. Divide by 60 to get the number of minutes:
    minutes = seconds / 60
print(minutes)
    Output: 
    24443409.48451446
  3. Divide by 60 to get the number of hours:
    hours = minutes / 60
print(hours)
    Output: 
    407390.158075241
  4. Divide by 24 to get the number of days:
    days = hours / 24
print(days)
    Output: 
    16974.58991980171
  5. Divide by 365.25 to get the number of years:
    years = days / 365.25
print(years)
    Output: 
    46.47389437317374

Or you can do it all in one step, like this:

Python: Seconds to Years in One Step

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