Conversion formula

The conversion factor from years to seconds is 31556952, which means that 1 year is equal to 31556952 seconds:

1 yr = 31556952 s

To convert 42 years into seconds we have to multiply 42 by the conversion factor in order to get the time amount from years to seconds. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 yr → 31556952 s

42 yr → T_(s)

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

T_(s) = 42 yr × 31556952 s

T_(s) = 1325391984 s

The final result is:

42 yr → 1325391984 s

We conclude that 42 years is equivalent to 1325391984 seconds:

42 years = 1325391984 seconds

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 second is equal to 7.544937739717E-10 × 42 years.

Another way is saying that 42 years is equal to 1 ÷ 7.544937739717E-10 seconds.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that forty-two years is approximately one billion three hundred twenty-five million three hundred ninety-one thousand nine hundred eighty-four seconds:

42 yr ≅ 1325391984 s

An alternative is also that one second is approximately zero times forty-two years.

Conversion table

years to seconds chart

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