“The exact nature of the Nephite year … is not described. The Nephite year began with the ‘first day’ of the ‘first month’ (Alma 51:37–52:1; 56:1), and it probably had twelve months because the eleventh month was at ‘the latter end’ of the year (Alma 48:2, 21; 49:1), but the lengths of the months and of the year itself are not mentioned” (Ludlow, Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 1:169–70).