{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-general-construction-law-58","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. General Construction Law § 58","heading":"Year in statute, contract and public or private instrument","body":"§ 58. Year in statute, contract and public or private instrument.  The\nterm year in a statute, contract, or any public or private instrument,\nmeans three hundred and sixty-five days, but the added day of a leap\nyear and the day immediately preceding shall for the purpose of such\ncomputation be counted as one day. In a statute, contract or public or\nprivate instrument, the term year means twelve months, the term half\nyear, six months, and the term a quarter of a year, three months.","path":["General Construction Law","Article 2. Meaning of Terms"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/GCN/58","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:44Z","sha256":"d98f16cba206c04217952b6549e000830f2e96d9b2eeb46997dc968169fd9e2a","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-general-construction-law-57","next":"us-ny/n.y.-general-construction-law-59"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}