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I've found a sentence:
February is the second month of the year.
And a little bit confused, why do in English it is correct to put "the" before the word "year" in this sentence when we do not mention specific year, we just in general say that Feb has the second position in the year cycle.
'Year' being a common noun, you typically need some sort of article. You could just as well say:
February is the second month of any year
or:
February is the second month of this year
But as you correctly point out, what's being discussed is the relatively reliable annual cycle. You could say that we are talking about the prototypical year, the cycle that applies to all the years of a given calendar system.
I hope this helps.
