Article 13
ELI5— what this means for you
When a law refers to years, months, days, or nights — they are computed as: 1 year = 365 days, 1 month = 30 days. The first day is excluded and the last day included in computing periods.
Official text — RA 386
When the laws speak of years, months, days or nights, it shall be understood that years are of three hundred sixty-five days each; months, of thirty days; days, of twenty-four hours; and nights from sunset to sunrise.
If months are designated by their name, they shall be computed by the number of days which they respectively have.
In computing a period, the first day shall be excluded, and the last day included. (7a)
Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)
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