ANSWER: Zakat is not given according to Gregorian calendar as this is wrong and unislamic. It must be given according to hijri calendar on a fixed date. You can give it earlier if you wish. 

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ANSWER: It is not 2 seconds but rather about half a minute to a minute.  This is what the prophet salla Allahu alaihi wa sallam used to do and as Muslims, we follow his sunnah without asking for a justification! 

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