Converting from Day (d) to Leap Year (LY) in Time

What is Day (d)

Day (d) is a unit of time representing the duration of one rotation of the Earth on its axis. It is commonly used for measuring shorter time intervals.

What is Leap Year (LY)

Leap Year (LY) is a calendar year that contains an additional day added to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical year. It occurs every four years, with the exception of years that are divisible by 100 but not by 400.

Conversion Formulas

The default conversion between Day (d) and Leap Year (LY) is as follows:

• 1 (d) = 0.00273224 (LY)
• 1 (LY) = 366 (d)

Other conversions include:

• 11 (d) = 0.03005464 (LY) or 11 (LY) = 4026 (d)
• 2 (d) = 0.005464481 (LY) or 2 (LY) = 732 (d)
• 6 (d) = 0.01639344 (LY) or 6 (LY) = 2196 (d)

The formula for converting from Day to Leap Year is:

LY=d×0.00273224

And the formula for converting from Leap Year to Day is:

d=LY×366

Examples

1. Convert 5 days to Leap Years:

LY=5×0.00273224=0.0136612 LY

2. Convert 8 Leap Years to days:

d=8×366=2928 d

Use this page to perform converting from Day (d) to Leap Year (LY) and vice versa.