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Days Between Dates

Calculate the exact number of days, working days, weeks and months between any two dates.

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days between dates

How it works

The calculator subtracts the earlier date from the later date to get the total number of days. For working days, it counts only Monday–Friday.

Common uses

  • Project planning deadlines
  • Pregnancy due date tracking
  • Calculating leave entitlements
  • Settling friendly bets
  • Countdown to events

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Frequently Asked Questions

Enter your start and end dates in the fields above and click Calculate. The tool instantly shows the exact number of days, weeks, and months between them.

Yes, the default count includes all days. Tick 'Working days only' to exclude Saturdays and Sundays.

Absolutely — check the 'Working days only' option to skip weekends.

There is no limit — you can calculate between any two dates, past or future.

What the days-between calculator tells you

This tool measures the elapsed time between two calendar dates and reports the result as total days, with supporting week and month estimates. Because the calculation uses the actual calendar, it automatically crosses short and long months, leap years and year boundaries without you having to count them manually.

The optional working-days setting is useful when weekends should not count. It excludes Saturdays and Sundays, but it does not know the public-holiday calendar for a particular country, state, employer or workplace agreement.

How to use the result

  1. Select the start date and end date. The order does not matter because the tool measures the interval between them.
  2. Leave Working days only unticked for ordinary calendar days, or tick it when you want a Monday-to-Friday count.
  3. Read the main day total first. The weeks and months shown underneath are useful summaries, but the day count is the most precise result.
  4. Change either date to compare another deadline, booking window or planning period.

Practical examples

If a project starts on 1 September and must be completed by 30 September, the calendar-day result shows the elapsed interval between those dates. If a supplier instead promises delivery within a number of business days, switch on the working-days option and remember that public holidays may still need to be removed separately.

For travel, the tool can compare the date you leave with the date you return. For events, it can show the preparation window between today and the event date. For records or contracts, it can help check how much time passed between two dated documents before you apply any legal or business-specific counting rule.

Calendar days, working days and inclusive counting

Different organisations count date ranges in different ways. Some deadlines count the number of days after an event, some include both the first and last day, and some exclude weekends or public holidays. This calculator provides a neutral mathematical interval. If the result is being used for a legal, employment, tax, court or contractual deadline, check the rule that applies to that deadline before relying on the number.

Accuracy and limitations

The calendar-day calculation is suitable for ordinary Gregorian calendar dates entered in the browser. Working-day mode removes weekends only. It does not adjust for public holidays, shutdown periods, local time-zone cut-offs or special rules such as “clear days”, so those need to be considered separately when relevant.