Over the course of August, the length of the day in Florence is gradually decreasing, with a difference of 1:20 hours between the start and the end of the month. The shortest day is August 31st with 13:14 hours of daylight, whilst the longest day is August 1st with 14:33 hours of daylight.
Quick Answer. A decade is a period of 10 years. The word decade originates from the Greek word dekas, which means a group of 10. The word decade began to be used in English to mean a period of 10 years in 1590. Continue Reading.
The Gregorian year, which is in use in most of the world, begins on January 1 and ends on December 31. It has a length of 365 days in an ordinary year, with 8,760 hours, 525,600 minutes, and 31,536,000 seconds; but 366 days in a leap year, with 8,784 hours, 527,040 minutes, and 31,622,400 seconds. With 97 leap years every 400 years, the year has an average length of 365.2425 days.