Re: Imprecision of DAYS_PER_MONTH

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.