Attempting to understand magnitude by mapping it to time


Representing 10 seconds to a certain power as a future date

What is 10^i seconds from now?

Caveat: We are assuming 30 days in a month and 365 days in a year

These future dates are generated on page load.

  • 10 seconds: 10 seconds -> Future Date: 4/29/2024, 1:46:05 PM
  • 100 seconds: 1.67 minutes -> Future Date: 4/29/2024, 1:47:35 PM
  • 1 thousand seconds: 16.67 minutes -> Future Date: 4/29/2024, 2:02:35 PM
  • 10 thousand seconds: 2.78 hours -> Future Date: 4/29/2024, 4:32:35 PM
  • 100 thousand seconds: 1.16 days -> Future Date: 4/30/2024, 5:32:35 PM
  • 1 million seconds: 1.65 weeks -> Future Date: 5/11/2024, 3:32:35 AM
  • 10 million seconds: 3.86 months -> Future Date: 8/23/2024, 7:32:35 AM
  • 100 million seconds: 3.17 years -> Future Date: 6/30/2027, 11:32:35 PM
  • 1 billion seconds: 31.71 years -> Future Date: 1/6/2056, 3:32:35 PM
  • 10 billion seconds: 317.1 years -> Future Date: 3/20/2341, 7:32:35 AM
  • 100 billion seconds: 3170.98 years -> Future Date: 3/14/5193, 11:32:35 PM
  • 1 trillion seconds: 31709.79 years -> Future Date: 1/24/33713, 3:32:35 PM
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