Date Difference Calculator

Find out exactly how much time separates two dates. Get the calendar difference in years, months and days, the totals in every unit, and an optional business-day count that skips weekends and holidays.

Enter dates

Start date
End date

Difference

0 years, 0 months, 0 days

Thursday → Thursday · in the past

Total months
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Total weeks
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Total days
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Total hours
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Total minutes
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Total seconds
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How to use

  1. 1

    Pick a start date and an end date.

  2. 2

    Optionally include the time of day for an exact duration.

  3. 3

    Enable business days only to skip weekends.

  4. 4

    Add any holidays to exclude, one date per line.

Supported formats

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Produces

FAQ

The difference is the span between the two dates, so the start day is not counted as a whole day. Business-day counting includes the end date.

Monday to Friday, minus any dates you list as exclusions.

Yes. The result indicates whether the span is in the past or the future.

Calendar months are used, so 31 January to 28 February counts as one month rather than a fixed number of days.

Calculations use whole calendar days, so daylight saving changes do not shift the day count.

About this tool: Date Difference Calculator

The exact distance between two dates

The Date Difference Calculator measures the time between any two dates in years, months, days and total days — plus business days, which exclude weekends. Enter a start and end date and read the full breakdown instantly.

Human date arithmetic is unreliable across months of different lengths and leap years — exactly the situations where the answer matters: contract periods, notice periods, project timelines, visa durations, pregnancy weeks. The tool handles the calendar correctly every time.

Business-day counting is where it earns its keep: deadlines and delivery estimates usually mean working days, not calendar days. Both counts run locally in your browser, and future or past dates both work — count down to an event or forward from a milestone.

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