Convert years to gigayears

Explanation

From this page you can convert years to gigayears (or y to Gy) simply, by using the application above.

In case you are wondering, to convert from years to gigayears you need to multiply by 0.000000001. This factor is calculated using the respective definitions of the two units you can find below.

Formula

1 y=0.000000001 Gy

yearsy

dimension	time
symbol	y

The year (y) is a unit of measurement of time.

The unit is based on a year of 365 days of 86400 seconds each and is therefore equal to a common year in the Gregorian calendar.

It is different from the tropical year (the actual year or complete cycle of seasons), the sideral year (the time taken by the Earth to orbit the Sun once with respect to the fixed stars) or the julian year (the average year in the Julian calendar).

Definition of the year

One year is equal to 31536000 seconds.

Equivalences

One year is also equivalent to:

Other multiple of a year

nanoyear	ny	0.000 000 001
microyear	µy	0.000 001
milliyear	my	0.001
year	y	1
kiloyear	ky	1000
megayear	My	1 000 000
gigayear	Gy	1 000 000 000

Related Conversions

gigayearsGy

dimension	time
symbol	Gy

The gigayear (Gy) is a unit of measurement of time.

The unit is a multiple of the common Gregorian year of 365 days.

Definition of the gigayear

One gigayear is equal to 1000000000 years.

Value in terms of the SI

One gigayear is equivalent to 31536 teraseconds.

Equivalences

One gigayear is also equivalent to:

Other multiple of a year

nanoyear	ny	0.000 000 001
microyear	µy	0.000 001
milliyear	my	0.001
year	y	1
kiloyear	ky	1000
megayear	My	1 000 000
gigayear	Gy	1 000 000 000