Conversion formula

The conversion factor from years to months is 12, which means that 1 year is equal to 12 months:

1 yr = 12 mo

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

1 yr → 12 mo

12 yr → T_(mo)

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

T_(mo) = 12 yr × 12 mo

T_(mo) = 144 mo

The final result is:

12 yr → 144 mo

We conclude that 12 years is equivalent to 144 months:

12 years = 144 months

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 month is equal to 0.0069444444444444 × 12 years.

Another way is saying that 12 years is equal to 1 ÷ 0.0069444444444444 months.

Approximate result

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

12 yr ≅ 144 mo

An alternative is also that one month is approximately zero point zero zero seven times twelve years.

Conversion table

years to months chart

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