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Employment Time Calculator

Employment time calculator works out Days between and Days counting both dates from Start date, End date and Holidays to exclude from business days. The default figures on this page give whole years of 2 years; change any entry and the result, the working and the sources update together.

Whole years
2 years
Date Difference Calculator
Days between
987 days
Days counting both dates
988 days
Extra months
8 months
Extra days
13 days
Extra hours
0 h
Extra minutes
0 min
Whole months
32 months
Whole weeks
141 weeks
Days after the whole weeks
1 days
Weeks (decimal)
141.1429 weeks
Years (decimal)
2.7023 years
Hours
23,688.0000 h
Minutes
1,421,280 min
Seconds
85,276,800 s
Business days (both dates counted)
677 days
Weekend days in the span
282 days
Holidays excluded
29 days
Start date falls on
Monday
End date falls on
Monday
Start day of year
1
End day of year
257
ISO week of the end date
2026-W38
Measured up to
2026-09-14
Direction
forward
Summary
2 years, 8 months, 13 days of service from 2024-01-01 to 2026-09-14 (988 days, both dates counted).
Worked out from ISO 8601-1:2019, Date and time - Representations for information interchange and 5 other sources.

Your figures

Updates as you type
The earlier date, in YYYY-MM-DD form.
Leave blank to measure up to today.

How this is worked out

7 steps
  1. Start 2024-01-01 (Monday), end 2026-09-14 (Monday).
  2. Elapsed days = day number of 2026-09-14 minus day number of 2024-01-01 = 987.
  3. Calendar walk: 2024-01-01 + 2 year(s) + 8 month(s) + 13 day(s) = 2026-09-14.
  4. 988 days = 141 week(s) and 1 day(s).
  5. Decimal years = 987 / 365.2425 (mean Gregorian year) = 2.7023.
  6. Business days 2024-01-01 to 2026-09-14 inclusive = 706 weekday(s) - 29 holiday(s) = 677.
  7. Service length counts the first and last day worked, so 987 elapsed day(s) is 988 day(s) employed.
Holidays in the spantable
2024-01-01 New Year's Day, 2024-01-15 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., 2024-02-19 Washington's Birthday, 2024-05-27 Memorial Day, 2024-06-19 Juneteenth National Independence Day, 2024-07-04 Independence Day, 2024-09-02 Labor Day, 2024-10-14 Columbus Day, 2024-11-11 Veterans Day, 2024-11-28 Thanksgiving Day, 2024-12-25 Christmas Day, 2025-01-01 New Year's Day, 2025-01-20 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., 2025-02-17 Washington's Birthday, 2025-05-26 Memorial Day, 2025-06-19 Juneteenth National Independence Day, 2025-07-04 Independence Day, 2025-09-01 Labor Day, 2025-10-13 Columbus Day, 2025-11-11 Veterans Day, 2025-11-27 Thanksgiving Day, 2025-12-25 Christmas Day, 2026-01-01 New Year's Day, 2026-01-19 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., 2026-02-16 Washington's Birthday, 2026-05-25 Memorial Day, 2026-06-19 Juneteenth National Independence Day, 2026-07-03 Independence Day, 2026-09-07 Labor Day

Its 10 worked examples are re-run on every release, last on 15 September 2026. What changed

Sources and references

6 sources
ISO 8601-1:2019, Date and time - Representations for information interchange
Proleptic Gregorian calendar and YYYY-MM-DD date representation used throughout.
Howard Hinnant, chrono-Compatible Low-Level Date Algorithms (days_from_civil)
Exact civil-date to day-number conversion, the basis of the elapsed-day count.
Microsoft Excel NETWORKDAYS function specification
Business-day convention: both the start date and the end date are counted.
5 U.S.C. 6103 - Federal legal public holidays
Holiday list and the Saturday-to-Friday / Sunday-to-Monday observance shift.
Alcoholics Anonymous sobriety chip practice (24 hours; 30, 60 and 90 days; 6 and 9 months; 1 year, 18 months and each year after)
The milestone intervals listed by the sobriety mode. Chip schedules are a group custom and vary between groups; only the dates are computed here.
Met Office, Heatwave (UK heatwave definition)
A UK heatwave is a spell of at least three consecutive days at or above the location threshold; the spell length is the inclusive count of those days.

What the employment 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 employment time calculator

Enter Start date, End date and Holidays to exclude from business days. 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 Start date, End date and Holidays to exclude from business days.

Results are general information, not financial, tax, legal, medical or engineering advice. Check any decision that matters with a qualified professional.

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Frequently asked questions

How to calculate employee time?

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.

How to calculate job time?

It needs Start date, End date and Holidays to exclude from business days. Nothing else is required, and the figures stay in your browser.

What information do I need for the employment time calculator?

You need Start date, End date and Holidays to exclude from business days. The page opens with default figures that give whole years of 2 years, so you can see the scale before entering your own.

What does this employment 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.

Can I check how the employment time calculator result was calculated?

Yes. The “How this is worked out” section shows the calculation steps, and the sources section identifies the references used for the method.

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