Calculators
Days Between Dates
Count the days between two dates.
Results appear here.
What the result means
Both fields are dates, not times, so a daylight-saving shift cannot change the length of a day in this count. The number of days is the number of midnights between the two dates. From 1 January to 2 January is one day. The count is not inclusive of both ends, which would have made that span two days. The sign says whether the end date falls after the start, before it, or on the same day. Weeks are the day count divided by seven and rounded down. Weekdays are the Mondays through Fridays inside the same midnight span, with the end date left out. A weekend that falls in the span is part of the day count and is absent from the weekday count. Reversing the dates changes the sign and keeps the absolute counts.
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Questions
Are both end dates included?
No. The count is the number of midnights between the dates, so 1 January to 2 January is one day. Counting both endpoints would make that span two days, and this page does not do that. The end date is left out of the weekday count for the same reason.
Does it count weekends?
The day total includes weekends. A separate weekday figure counts only Monday through Friday in that same span. Saturday and Sunday stay in the day total and stay out of the weekday total.
Can daylight saving change the number?
No. The fields are dates, not datetimes, so a daylight-saving hour is never added or removed. The span is whole calendar days. A weekend that contains the clock change is still counted as calendar days only.