Calculate legal deadlines — calendar days or court days (excluding weekends & holidays)
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How It Works
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Enter Start Date
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Select Calculation Type
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Get Your Deadline
Understanding Court Days vs. Calendar Days
Calendar days include every single day of the year—Mondays, weekends, and holidays all count toward your deadline. If you need to file something 30 calendar days from today, you count all 30 days regardless of whether they fall on weekends or holidays.
Court days (also called business days or working days) exclude weekends and federal holidays. This is the standard for most legal filings under federal rules and many state rules. Court days give attorneys a more realistic window for completing work since courts aren't open on weekends or holidays.
When calculating 30 court days, the calculator skips Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays like Independence Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. This often means your actual deadline is further out than 30 calendar days would suggest.
Federal Holiday Calendar 2026
January 1 — New Year's Day
January 19 — MLK Jr. Day
February 16 — Presidents' Day
May 25 — Memorial Day
June 19 — Juneteenth
July 4 — Independence Day (observed)
September 7 — Labor Day
October 12 — Columbus Day
November 11 — Veterans Day
November 26 — Thanksgiving
December 25 — Christmas
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Frequently Asked Questions
Select 'Court Days' mode, enter your start date and number of days needed. The calculator automatically skips weekends and federal holidays to give you the final deadline.
No. In Court Days mode, weekends (Saturdays and Sundays) are automatically excluded. The calculator counts only business days.
When using Federal Holidays mode, the calculator automatically skips all federal holidays like Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and others. You can also add custom local court closures.
FRCP Rule 6 governs how deadlines are calculated in federal court. It excludes weekends and federal holidays from deadline calculations. This calculator implements Rule 6 in Court Days mode.
Calendar days include all days of the year (weekends, holidays). Court days exclude weekends and holidays, giving you the actual business days available for filing.
Enter the service date as your Start Date, select the number of court days allowed by your jurisdiction's rules, and click Calculate Deadline. The result shows when your deadline falls.
The calculator will warn you if the calculated deadline lands on a weekend or federal holiday. Check your local rules—many jurisdictions automatically move the deadline to the next business day.
Yes. While this calculator uses federal holidays and FRCP Rule 6 by default, state courts may have different rules. You can customize the calculator by adding your state's specific court closures in the Custom Court Closures section.