CHAPTER 8. Computation of Time [6800. - 6808.]

Chapter 8 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 655.

§§ 6800–6808 · 9 sections

• § 6800 The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day, and including the last, unless the last day is a holiday, and…
• § 6801 Time is computed according to the Gregorian or new style; and January 1st, in every year, after 1752 is reckoned as the first day of the year.
• § 6802 The years 1900, 2100, 2200, 2300, or any other future hundredth year, of which the year 2000 is the first, except only every fourth hundredth year, are not…
• § 6803 “Year” means a period of 365 days; “half year,” 182 days; “quarter of a year,” 91 days. The added day of a leap year, and the day immediately preceding, if…
• § 6804 “Month” means a calendar month, unless otherwise expressed.
• § 6805 A week consists of seven consecutive days.
• § 6806 A day is the period of time between any midnight and the midnight following.
• § 6807 “Daytime” is the period of time between sunrise and sunset. “Nighttime” is the period of time between sunset and sunrise.
• § 6808 (a) The standard time within the state is that of the fifth zone designated by federal law as Pacific standard time (15 U.S.C. Secs. 261 and 263). (b) The…