YEARS2HOURS

Purpose:

Converts years to hours.

Syntax:

YEARS2HOURS(years)

years

-

A scalar or series, the years values.

Returns:

A series or array of hour values.

Example:

years2hours(3)

 

Returns 26280, the number of hours in 3 years.

Example:

hours2years(years2hours(3))

 

Returns 3.0 years showing HOURS2YEARS and YEARS2HOURS are inverse functions.

Example:

W1: 0..0.2..1

W2: years2hours(w1)

W3: hours2years(w2)

 

W1 contains the years series {0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0}.

W2 contains the hour series {0, 1752, 3504, 5256, 7008, 8760}.

W3 recovers the original years series.

Remarks:

YEARS2HOURS converts a year value or series to hours.

 

YEARS2HOURS assumes that a leap year can occur four years after the first full year.

 

See HOURS2YEARS to convert an hours to years.

See Also:

HOURS2YEARS

YEARS2DAYS

YEARS2MINUTES

YEARS2SECONDS