Dates Times Calculator
Date and Time Calculator works out Days between and Days counting both dates from What to report, Start date and End date. The default figures on this page give days between of 987 days; change any entry and the result, the working and the sources update together.
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Updates as you typeHow this is worked out
7 steps
- Start 2024-01-01 09:00 (Monday), end 2026-09-14 17:00 (Monday).
- Elapsed days = day number of 2026-09-14 minus day number of 2024-01-01 = 987.
- With the clock: 987 x 1440 + (1020 - 540) = 1421760 minute(s), so 987 whole day(s) and 8h 0m remain.
- Calendar walk with the day borrowed from the clock: 2 years, 8 months, 13 days, 8h 0m.
- 987 days = 141 week(s) and 0 day(s).
- Decimal years = 987 / 365.2425 (mean Gregorian year) = 2.7023.
- Business days 2024-01-01 to 2026-09-14 inclusive = 706 weekday(s) - 29 holiday(s) = 677.
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What the Date and Time Calculator calculates
Days, weeks, months and years between two calendar dates, with the calendar breakdown, the business-day count and the weekday of each date; it also measures between two date-and-time instants, counts the time elapsed since a date up to today, reports length of service, and lists the sobriety milestones passed.
How to use this Date and Time Calculator
Enter What to report, Start date, End date and Count the end date as a whole day. Days between updates as you type. Change one figure at a time to see what drives the result.
How the result is worked out
Open “How this is worked out” beside the result for the step-by-step calculation behind Days between, Days counting both dates and Whole years.
The method follows ISO 8601-1:2019, Date and time - Representations for information interchange, Howard Hinnant, chrono-Compatible Low-Level Date Algorithms (days_from_civil), Microsoft Excel NETWORKDAYS function specification, 5 U.S.C. 6103 - Federal legal public holidays and Alcoholics Anonymous sobriety chip practice (24 hours; 30, 60 and 90 days; 6 and 9 months; 1 year, 18 months and each year after).
What you can compare
Change one input at a time to see how it affects Days between, Days counting both dates and Whole years. The inputs you can vary are What to report, Start date, End date, Count the end date as a whole day, Start time (optional) and End time (optional).
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Frequently asked questions
How to calculate time from two dates?
Days, weeks, months and years between two calendar dates, with the calendar breakdown, the business-day count and the weekday of each date; it also measures between two date-and-time instants. Open “How this is worked out” beside the result to see each step for your own figures.
Can you provide me with a date and time calculator?
Days, weeks, months and years between two calendar dates, with the calendar breakdown, the business-day count and the weekday of each date; it also measures between two date-and-time instants. Put your own figures in above and the working updates beside the result. For scale, the default figures on this page give 987 days.
How to calculate time in a day?
It needs What to report, Start date, End date, Count the end date as a whole day, Start time (optional) and End time (optional). Nothing else is required, and the figures stay in your browser.
How do I calculate the time between two times?
The result gives Days between, Days counting both dates, Whole years, Extra months, Extra days and Extra hours, each labelled with its unit so the figure can be read on its own.
What information do I need for the Date and Time Calculator?
You need What to report, Start date, End date, Count the end date as a whole day, Start time (optional), End time (optional) and Holidays to exclude from business days. The page opens with default figures that give days between of 987 days, so you can see the scale before entering your own.
What does this Date and Time Calculator show?
It shows Days between, Days counting both dates, Whole years, Extra months, Extra days, Extra hours, Extra minutes and Whole months, with the working and any warnings for your entries.