Months in a Year

Number of months in a year.

Usage

var MONTHS_IN_YEAR = require( '@stdlib/constants/time/months-in-year' );

MONTHS_IN_YEAR

Number of months in a year.

var bool = ( MONTHS_IN_YEAR === 12 );
// returns true

Notes

The value is a generalization and does not take into account inaccuracies due to daylight savings conventions, crossing timezones, or other complications with time and dates.

Examples

var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' );
var roundn = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/roundn' );
var MONTHS_IN_YEAR = require( '@stdlib/constants/time/months-in-year' );

var mons;
var yrs;
var i;

function yrs2mons( yrs ) {
    return yrs * MONTHS_IN_YEAR;
}

for ( i = 0; i < 10; i++ ) {
    yrs = roundn( randu()*20.0, -2 );
    mons = yrs2mons( yrs );
    console.log( '%d years => %d months', yrs, mons );
}