The new year is just a moment in time invented by humans The correct year is around 13,800,000,000 and has no connection to January 1st ?

Answer 1

Did you include leap years ?

You're close anyway .

We invented time ...

Answer 2

but we need a bit more precision than that don't we. the 100m world record is around 10 seconds :0

Answer 3

All I can say is:

Answer 4

but we need a bit more precision than that don't we. the 100m world record is around 10 seconds :0

Answer 5

Yes, sure. What's your point? We have to have some reference to determine, for example, the order of events in history. It's arbitrary-- but so are a lot of things in life. Everyone knows that things don't automatically change on Jan. 1, but it's a symbol of a chance for a new start. 

Answer 6

Yes, in order for time to exist (as we know it), a human being must perceive it. 

If the sun is 4.6 billion years old, what are you using to calculate that number?

Answer 7

OK, good.  Whatever floats your boat.

Answer 8

If you choose to look at it that way.  I'd say that to most of us it's more meaningful than a moment in time.

Answer 9

Agreed. But all we have to decide is what to do with the time we are here. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGn-4yZFalY

Answer 10

Yeah time is largely a human invention, or at least the way we measure it is, yet we are still all bound to it whether we like it or not. Neat, eh?