Re: Imprecision of DAYS_PER_MONTH - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruno Wolff III
Subject Re: Imprecision of DAYS_PER_MONTH
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Msg-id 20050722165111.GA22231@wolff.to
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In response to Re: Imprecision of DAYS_PER_MONTH  ("Dann Corbit" <DCorbit@connx.com>)
Responses Re: Imprecision of DAYS_PER_MONTH
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On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 13:47:29 -0700, Dann Corbit <DCorbit@connx.com> wrote:
> In round figures:
> 
> Since there are 365.2422 days per tropical year, there are 31556926
> seconds per year (give or take leap seconds).
> 
> Ref:
> http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/Numbers/Math/Mathematical_Thinking/cale
> ndar_calculations.htm

According to the current calendar (again ignoring leap seconds) there
are exactly 365.2425 days per year on average. I think it makes sense to use
this number when dealing with calendar years and months.


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