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by chasil 1243 days ago
It's actually measured in thousands of years.

"Other sources estimate that the time that it takes for a reversal to complete is on average around 7,000 years for the four most recent reversals."

A range of 2k-12k is also in the introduction.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic_reversal