Axis

Time & duration

gigasecondGs

Giga-scaled variant of the second, exactly Gs = 1000000000 base unit.

Dimension
time
Canonical signature
T
System
si
Exactness
Exact

Definition record

How this unit is defined

Canonical base
1 Gs = 1,000,000,000 s
Conversion type
linear
Historical notes
Defined from the caesium-133 hyperfine transition frequency (SI 2019).
Aliases
giga sec, giga seconds, giga secs

Same dimension

Related units

secondsisminutesi acceptedminhoursi acceptedhdaysi accepteddyear (Julian)astronomicalyrweeksi acceptedwkquettasecondsiQsronnasecondsiRs

Common conversions

Every conversion routes through the canonical base of the dimension.

1 Gs = 1,000,000,000 s

Exact relationship

10 Gs = 10,000,000,000 s

Exact relationship