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How to use it
- Choose Between two dates, Add or subtract, Countdown or About a date.
- Pick the dates with the date fields. They show in your browser’s own order, so US readers see month first.
- For Between two dates, choose whether to count the end date, add times if you want hours and minutes, and read the answer in years, months and days, in total days, weeks and weekdays.
- For Add or subtract, enter years, months, weeks and days, and whether to add or subtract.
- Open Show the working to see each step, and the spreadsheet and code formulas to repeat the answer elsewhere.
How it calculates
Dates are plain calendar dates with no time zone, counted on the Gregorian calendar. The days between two dates is the difference of their day numbers. Years, months and days are found by adding whole months to the earlier date for as long as that does not pass the later date; when a month is shorter the date moves back to its last day, so 31 January plus one month is 28 February. The days left over are counted from there. Adding or subtracting applies years and months first, then weeks and days. Weekdays only counts Monday to Friday. Hours and minutes use the times you enter, with no time zone or daylight saving.
For example, from Tuesday, October 20, 2026 to Friday, December 25, 2026 is 66 days, which is 2 months, 5 days or 9 weeks and 3 days, with 49 weekdays counted from both ends. Thirty days after the first date is 2026-11-19. Adding one month to 31 January 2026 gives 28 February, because February is shorter. 1 January 2027 falls in ISO week 53 of 2026. The dates are made up; yours come from what you choose.
Who should use it
- Anyone counting days to a deadline, a due date, a trip or an anniversary
- People working out a date a number of days or months from now, such as a notice or warranty end
- Spreadsheet and database users who want to check a date formula
- Anyone who needs the weekday, week number or day of the year of a date
Who should not use this
- Anyone who needs a legally binding date or deadline; how days are counted depends on the contract, court or authority, so confirm with it
- Anyone who needs time zones or daylight saving; the tool works with calendar dates and plain clock times only
- Anyone who needs public holidays taken out; use the working days calculator, which has holiday lists for several countries
Limitations
- Dates run from year 1 to year 9999 on the Gregorian calendar, which is applied to the past as well. It does not give Julian-calendar dates for history before the countries that switched.
- There are no time zones. Times of day are taken as written, so a period that crosses a daylight saving change is counted as if every day had 24 hours.
- Weekdays only means Monday to Friday. For another weekend or for holidays use the working days calculator.
- Different tools count years, months and days differently when a month end is involved. This tool’s method is described under How it calculates; a spreadsheet DATEDIF can give another answer for the same dates.
- Hijri and other calendars are not covered; use the Hijri date converter for those.
- Nothing is uploaded or stored on a server. Clearing your browser data also removes the saved profile.
Sources and review
Reviewed on 20 Oct 2026 against the published sources below. Rules and prices change, so check the current position before you rely on a figure.
- Wikipedia: ISO 8601 week date (weeks start on Monday and week 1 holds the first Thursday)
- Gregorian calendar leap-year rule: every 4th year, except centuries not divisible by 400 (as used in ISO 8601 and the proleptic Gregorian calendar)
Common questions
How many days are there between two dates?
How do I add days to a date?
How are months counted when a date is at the end of a month?
Is the end date counted?
How do I count weekdays or business days between two dates?
What week number is a date in?
How do I calculate the days between dates in Excel or Google Sheets?
Does it handle leap years?
How do I find the days until a date?
Guides that explain the rules
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This tool produces a document from the information you type. It does not give legal, tax or accounting advice, and it does not check that your figures or rates are right. See the disclaimer. Found a mistake? Report an error in a calculation.