Conversion formula

The conversion factor from months to years is 0.083333333333333, which means that 1 month is equal to 0.083333333333333 years:

1 mo = 0.083333333333333 yr

To convert 12 months into years we have to multiply 12 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from months to years. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 mo → 0.083333333333333 yr

12 mo → T_(yr)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the time T in years:

T_(yr) = 12 mo × 0.083333333333333 yr

T_(yr) = 1 yr

The final result is:

12 mo → 1 yr

We conclude that 12 months is equivalent to 1 years:

12 months = 1 years

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 year is equal to 1 × 12 months.

Another way is saying that 12 months is equal to 1 ÷ 1 years.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that twelve months is approximately one years:

12 mo ≅ 1 yr

An alternative is also that one year is approximately one times twelve months.

Conversion table

months to years chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from months to years