Day Counter
Enter the date you are counting to and get the days left, the whole weeks, the hours and how many of those days are weekdays — past dates count backwards instead of failing.
Enter your details above — results update as you type.
Formula and calculation
Worked example
From October 16, 2026 to December 31, 2026 is 76 days — 10 weeks 6 days, or 1,824 whole hours. The target falls on a Thursday, and 54 of those days are weekdays.
What the results mean
- Days until the target date
- The number of days from today to your target date. Today is not counted and the target day is — the usual “days between” convention, the same one the date calculator uses. When the date has already passed the count is shown as days since, from the day after it up to today.
- Day of the week
- Which day of the week the target date falls on. Useful for deadlines: a Friday deadline is worth one more working day than a Saturday one.
- In weeks
- The same span in whole weeks, with the leftover days alongside — 76 days is 10 weeks and 6 days.
- Weekdays in that span
- How many of the days in the span are Monday to Friday. Public holidays are not deducted, so a span that crosses Christmas or Thanksgiving contains fewer working days than this number suggests.
- Hours (whole days × 24)
- The span counted as whole days of 24 hours each. It is an approximation of clock hours: the count does not tick by the hour, and it does not depend on what time of day you open the page.
Frequently asked questions
How do I count the days until a date?
Count from tomorrow up to and including the date itself: October 16 to December 31, 2026 is 76 days. The page does this for any date you enter, and the count refreshes from today's date every time you load it.
Does the day counter include today?
No. Today is the starting point and is not counted; the target day is. That is the same “days between” convention as the date calculator. If your deadline counts today as day one, add one day to the answer.
What happens if the date has already passed?
Nothing breaks — the result switches to days since. The span is counted the other way round, from the day after the target up to and including today, so you can use the page as a tally of how long something has been running.
Why are the hours different from the clock?
Hours are whole days multiplied by 24, so they treat every day as a full 24 hours rather than counting down to a particular time of day. For a deadline with a cut-off time, start from the days figure and subtract the hours left today.
Do the weekdays take holidays into account?
They do not — only Saturdays and Sundays are removed. A span covering Thanksgiving, Christmas or a public holiday really contains fewer working days than the number shown, so check a holiday calendar when the deadline is measured in business days.