Day counter

Days Between Dates Calculator

Count the days between any two dates — calendar days or business days, with weekday, weekend and business-day totals, the US federal holidays inside the range, and a link you can share.

Today is Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Calculated as of August 18, 2026 (UTC)

Days so far in 2026
229

January 1 to August 18, 2026

Days left in 2026
135

August 18, 2026 to December 31

Business days left
93

Weekends and US federal holidays removed

Days in 2026
365

Common year — February has 28 days

There are 229 days between January 1, 2026 and August 18, 2026 — 32 weeks and 5 days, of which 164 fell on a weekday and 66 on a weekend. Between August 18, 2026 and December 31, 2026 there are 135 days (19 weeks and 2 days), including 93 business days and 5 US federal holidays.

Elapsed vs inclusive

Elapsed days count the gap between two dates; inclusive days count both endpoints. The "Include start date" and "Include end date" toggles widen the counted range when your deadline or booking works that way.

Calendar or business days

One toggle switches the answer between calendar days and business days. Business mode skips Saturdays and Sundays, can exclude US federal holidays, and accepts your own custom exclusion dates.

A breakdown, not just a number

Every result shows total calendar days, inclusive days, weekdays, weekend days, and the span as weeks and days — and names exactly which holidays or custom dates were excluded. Copy the result or share the prefilled link.

How to count days between dates

  1. Enter the start date. Type or pick the first date. The Today button fills in today’s date.
  2. Enter the end date. Type or pick the second date. The order does not matter — an earlier end date still returns the absolute count.
  3. Choose calendar or business days. Use the mode toggle. Business days skip Saturdays and Sundays and can also exclude US federal holidays and custom dates.
  4. Set the inclusivity toggles. Include the start date, the end date, or neither, depending on whether your deadline counts its endpoints.
  5. Read the breakdown. The answer shows elapsed days, inclusive days, weekdays, weekend days, business days, and the span as weeks and days.

How many days since a past date

Days elapsed from each date below to today, August 18, 2026. Business days exclude Saturdays, Sundays and US federal holidays. Recomputed every night.

Days elapsed from past dates to August 18, 2026
Date Weekday Days since In weeks Business days
February 1, 2025 (02/01/2025) Saturday 563 80 weeks and 3 days 387
February 15, 2025 (02/15/2025) Saturday 549 78 weeks and 3 days 377
March 1, 2025 (03/01/2025) Saturday 535 76 weeks and 3 days 368
March 15, 2025 (03/15/2025) Saturday 521 74 weeks and 3 days 358
April 1, 2025 (04/01/2025) Tuesday 504 72 weeks 347
April 15, 2025 (04/15/2025) Tuesday 490 70 weeks 337
May 1, 2025 (05/01/2025) Thursday 474 67 weeks and 5 days 325
May 15, 2025 (05/15/2025) Thursday 460 65 weeks and 5 days 315
June 1, 2025 (06/01/2025) Sunday 443 63 weeks and 2 days 304
June 15, 2025 (06/15/2025) Sunday 429 61 weeks and 2 days 294
July 1, 2025 (07/01/2025) Tuesday 413 59 weeks 284
July 15, 2025 (07/15/2025) Tuesday 399 57 weeks 275
August 1, 2025 (08/01/2025) Friday 382 54 weeks and 4 days 262
August 15, 2025 (08/15/2025) Friday 368 52 weeks and 4 days 252
September 1, 2025 (09/01/2025) Monday 351 50 weeks and 1 day 241
September 15, 2025 (09/15/2025) Monday 337 48 weeks and 1 day 232
October 1, 2025 (10/01/2025) Wednesday 321 45 weeks and 6 days 220
October 15, 2025 (10/15/2025) Wednesday 307 43 weeks and 6 days 211
November 1, 2025 (11/01/2025) Saturday 290 41 weeks and 3 days 198
November 15, 2025 (11/15/2025) Saturday 276 39 weeks and 3 days 189
December 1, 2025 (12/01/2025) Monday 260 37 weeks and 1 day 180
December 15, 2025 (12/15/2025) Monday 246 35 weeks and 1 day 170
January 1, 2026 (01/01/2026) Thursday 229 32 weeks and 5 days 158
January 15, 2026 (01/15/2026) Thursday 215 30 weeks and 5 days 149
February 1, 2026 (02/01/2026) Sunday 198 28 weeks and 2 days 138
February 15, 2026 (02/15/2026) Sunday 184 26 weeks and 2 days 128
March 1, 2026 (03/01/2026) Sunday 170 24 weeks and 2 days 119
March 15, 2026 (03/15/2026) Sunday 156 22 weeks and 2 days 109
April 1, 2026 (04/01/2026) Wednesday 139 19 weeks and 6 days 97
April 15, 2026 (04/15/2026) Wednesday 125 17 weeks and 6 days 87
May 1, 2026 (05/01/2026) Friday 109 15 weeks and 4 days 75
May 15, 2026 (05/15/2026) Friday 95 13 weeks and 4 days 65
June 1, 2026 (06/01/2026) Monday 78 11 weeks and 1 day 55
June 15, 2026 (06/15/2026) Monday 64 9 weeks and 1 day 45
July 1, 2026 (07/01/2026) Wednesday 48 6 weeks and 6 days 34
July 15, 2026 (07/15/2026) Wednesday 34 4 weeks and 6 days 25
August 1, 2026 (08/01/2026) Saturday 17 2 weeks and 3 days 12
August 15, 2026 (08/15/2026) Saturday 3 3 days 2

Need a date that is not listed? Browse every day of the last two years, or enter it in the calculator above.

How many days until an upcoming date

Days remaining from today, August 18, 2026, to each date below — with the same span expressed in weeks and in business days.

Days remaining from August 18, 2026 to upcoming dates
Date Weekday Days until In weeks Business days
September 1, 2026 (09/01/2026) Tuesday 14 2 weeks 11
September 15, 2026 (09/15/2026) Tuesday 28 4 weeks 20
October 1, 2026 (10/01/2026) Thursday 44 6 weeks and 2 days 32
October 15, 2026 (10/15/2026) Thursday 58 8 weeks and 2 days 41
November 1, 2026 (11/01/2026) Sunday 75 10 weeks and 5 days 52
November 15, 2026 (11/15/2026) Sunday 89 12 weeks and 5 days 61
December 1, 2026 (12/01/2026) Tuesday 105 15 weeks 72
December 15, 2026 (12/15/2026) Tuesday 119 17 weeks 82
January 1, 2027 (01/01/2027) Friday 136 19 weeks and 3 days 93
January 15, 2027 (01/15/2027) Friday 150 21 weeks and 3 days 103
February 1, 2027 (02/01/2027) Monday 167 23 weeks and 6 days 113
February 15, 2027 (02/15/2027) Monday 181 25 weeks and 6 days 122
March 1, 2027 (03/01/2027) Monday 195 27 weeks and 6 days 132
March 15, 2027 (03/15/2027) Monday 209 29 weeks and 6 days 142
April 1, 2027 (04/01/2027) Thursday 226 32 weeks and 2 days 155
April 15, 2027 (04/15/2027) Thursday 240 34 weeks and 2 days 165
May 1, 2027 (05/01/2027) Saturday 256 36 weeks and 4 days 176
May 15, 2027 (05/15/2027) Saturday 270 38 weeks and 4 days 186
June 1, 2027 (06/01/2027) Tuesday 287 41 weeks 197
June 15, 2027 (06/15/2027) Tuesday 301 43 weeks 207
July 1, 2027 (07/01/2027) Thursday 317 45 weeks and 2 days 218
July 15, 2027 (07/15/2027) Thursday 331 47 weeks and 2 days 227
August 1, 2027 (08/01/2027) Sunday 348 49 weeks and 5 days 238
August 15, 2027 (08/15/2027) Sunday 362 51 weeks and 5 days 248
September 1, 2027 (09/01/2027) Wednesday 379 54 weeks and 1 day 261
September 15, 2027 (09/15/2027) Wednesday 393 56 weeks and 1 day 270
October 1, 2027 (10/01/2027) Friday 409 58 weeks and 3 days 282
October 15, 2027 (10/15/2027) Friday 423 60 weeks and 3 days 291
November 1, 2027 (11/01/2027) Monday 440 62 weeks and 6 days 302
November 15, 2027 (11/15/2027) Monday 454 64 weeks and 6 days 311
December 1, 2027 (12/01/2027) Wednesday 470 67 weeks and 1 day 322
December 15, 2027 (12/15/2027) Wednesday 484 69 weeks and 1 day 332
January 1, 2028 (01/01/2028) Saturday 501 71 weeks and 4 days 342
January 15, 2028 (01/15/2028) Saturday 515 73 weeks and 4 days 352
February 1, 2028 (02/01/2028) Tuesday 532 76 weeks 363
February 15, 2028 (02/15/2028) Tuesday 546 78 weeks 373

Browse every upcoming date for the next two years, or see the holiday countdowns.

Days between common date pairs

The ranges people count most often — full years, calendar quarters, the US tax window and the school year — for 2026 and 2027. Elapsed days exclude the start date; inclusive days count both endpoints.

2026

Days between common date pairs in 2026
Date range Elapsed days Inclusive days In weeks Business days What it covers
January 1 → December 31, 2026 364 365 52 weeks 250 The whole of 2026
January 1 → March 31, 2026 89 90 12 weeks and 5 days 61 Q1
April 1 → June 30, 2026 90 91 12 weeks and 6 days 63 Q2
July 1 → September 30, 2026 91 92 13 weeks 64 Q3
October 1 → December 31, 2026 91 92 13 weeks 62 Q4
January 1 → June 30, 2026 180 181 25 weeks and 5 days 124 First half of the year
July 1 → December 31, 2026 183 184 26 weeks and 1 day 126 Second half of the year
January 1 → April 15, 2026 104 105 14 weeks and 6 days 72 US tax filing window
September 1, 2026 → June 15, 2027 287 288 41 weeks 197 A typical US school year
January 1, 2026 → January 1, 2027 365 366 52 weeks and 1 day 250 One full calendar year

2027

Days between common date pairs in 2027
Date range Elapsed days Inclusive days In weeks Business days What it covers
January 1 → December 31, 2027 364 365 52 weeks 249 The whole of 2027
January 1 → March 31, 2027 89 90 12 weeks and 5 days 61 Q1
April 1 → June 30, 2027 90 91 12 weeks and 6 days 63 Q2
July 1 → September 30, 2027 91 92 13 weeks 64 Q3
October 1 → December 31, 2027 91 92 13 weeks 61 Q4
January 1 → June 30, 2027 180 181 25 weeks and 5 days 124 First half of the year
July 1 → December 31, 2027 183 184 26 weeks and 1 day 125 Second half of the year
January 1 → April 15, 2027 104 105 14 weeks and 6 days 72 US tax filing window
September 1, 2027 → June 15, 2028 288 289 41 weeks and 1 day 198 A typical US school year
January 1, 2027 → January 1, 2028 365 366 52 weeks and 1 day 249 One full calendar year

Elapsed and inclusive days, side by side

These ranges work the same way in any year — elapsed days measure the gap, inclusive days count both the first and last date.

Date range Elapsed days Inclusive days Common use
January 1 to January 31 30 days 31 days Monthly reports, rental periods, and planning windows
June 1 to September 1 92 days 93 days Summer programs, quarterly plans, and project timelines
December 1 to December 25 24 days 25 days Holiday countdowns and event preparation

Days between dates FAQ

How do you calculate the number of days between two dates?

Enter a start date and an end date, keep the mode on Calendar days, and press Calculate. The big answer is the elapsed days — January 1 to January 2 is 1 elapsed day — and the breakdown below it shows inclusive days, weekdays, weekend days, business days, and the same span as weeks and days.

What is the difference between elapsed days and inclusive days?

Elapsed days measure the gap between the two dates, so the start date itself is not counted. Inclusive days count both the start date and the end date, so the inclusive total is always one more than the elapsed total. If you need the counted range itself to contain the first or last day, use the "Include start date" and "Include end date" toggles.

Does the day counter include both the start and the end date?

By default no: the count is exclusive of the start date and inclusive of the end date, which is the convention deadlines and notice periods use. Turn on "Include start date" to count both endpoints — the answer goes up by exactly one day.

How many days are in a year?

A common year has 365 days and a leap year has 366. 2026 is a common year, so it has 365 days. As of August 18, 2026, 229 days of 2026 have elapsed and 135 remain.

Which years are leap years, and why does it matter?

A year is a leap year when it is divisible by 4, except century years, which must also be divisible by 400 — so 2000 was a leap year and 1900 was not. The next leap years are 2028, 2032, 2036. It matters because any range that crosses February 29 is one day longer than a 365-day-year estimate suggests, which is why this counter walks the actual calendar instead of dividing.

How many days are between two months?

It depends on the months, because month lengths vary from 28 to 31 days. January 1 to February 1 is 31 days, February 1 to March 1 is 28 days (29 in a leap year), and April 1 to May 1 is 30. That is why an "about 30 days a month" estimate drifts by up to three days per month — enter the real dates instead.

How many business days are there between two dates?

Switch the mode toggle to Business days. The count then includes weekdays only, skipping Saturdays and Sundays, and can also exclude the 11 US federal holidays and any custom dates you add. For example, August 18, 2026 to December 31, 2026 is 135 calendar days but only 93 business days.

How do I count days between dates without counting weekends?

Business days mode does exactly that: it drops every Saturday and Sunday from the range. The result also reports the weekday and weekend totals separately, so you can see how many of each the range contained rather than trusting a single number.

Does the order of the dates matter?

No. If the end date is earlier than the start date, the calculator returns the absolute difference rather than a negative number, so you can enter the two dates in either order and get the same count.

How many weeks is a given number of days?

Divide by seven and keep the remainder: 100 days is 14 weeks and 2 days, 365 days is 52 weeks and 1 day, and 1,000 days is 142 weeks and 6 days. Every result on this page reports the span both ways so you never have to do that division yourself.

Which US federal holidays does the counter exclude?

All 11: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day — each on its officially observed date, with the statutory Saturday-to-Friday and Sunday-to-Monday shift applied. The result names every holiday it removed so you can audit the count.

Can I share a calculation with someone?

Yes. After every calculation the page URL updates with your dates and options. Use the Copy link button to copy it — anyone who opens the link sees the same prefilled calculation.

Every figure on this page is computed from the calendar at build time and rebuilt nightly — see how we calculate.