Enter a date and an amount to add or subtract.
Adding and Subtracting Dates
Adding days is plain calendar counting: September 21, 2026 plus 90 days is Sunday, December 20, 2026. Months and years are added as calendar units, so January 31 plus one month is February 28, 2026. The calculator above adds or subtracts any mix of years, months, weeks and days, and its second tab finds the exact gap between two dates.
Adding Months: the End-of-Month Rule
A month has no fixed length, so the calculator moves the month number and keeps the day. When that day does not exist in the target month, it uses the last day of the month instead.
| Start date | Change | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | plus 1 month | Feb 28, 2026 |
| Jan 31, 2028 | plus 1 month | Feb 29, 2028 (leap year) |
| Jan 31, 2026 | plus 2 months | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | plus 1 month | Apr 30, 2026 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | plus 6 months | Feb 28, 2027 |
| Feb 29, 2028 | plus 1 year | Feb 28, 2029 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | minus 1 month | Feb 28, 2026 |
Months are always counted from the original date, which is why January 31 plus 2 months is March 31 and not March 28. Years and months are applied first, then weeks and days.
90 Days or 3 Months? Why Results Differ
Three calendar months can be anywhere from 89 to 92 days long, so "90 days" and "3 months" only sometimes land on the same date.
| Start date | Plus 90 days | Plus 3 months | Days in those 3 months |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 | Apr 15, 2026 | 90 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Aug 30, 2026 | Sep 1, 2026 | 92 |
| Nov 30, 2026 | Feb 28, 2027 | Feb 28, 2027 | 90 |
| Dec 1, 2027 | Feb 29, 2028 | Mar 1, 2028 | 91 |
The same thing happens with weeks and business days. Starting from Saturday, January 31, 2026: plus 30 days is Monday, March 2; plus 4 weeks is Saturday, February 28; plus 1 month is also February 28; and plus 20 business days is Friday, February 27.
Counting Deadlines Correctly
The start date is day zero
The calculator does not count the start date, so Monday plus 1 day is Tuesday. Federal courts count the same way: Rule 6(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure excludes the day of the event that starts the period, counts every day after it including weekends and holidays, and includes the last day.
Weekends and holidays at the end
Many rules push a deadline that lands on a weekend or legal holiday to the next business day. Federal court deadlines work that way, and the IRS treats a return or payment as on time when the due date falls on a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday and you file on the next business day. The calculator shows the plain date, so check the weekday in the result and move it yourself when your rule says so.
Business days skip weekends only
The "Business days only" option skips Saturdays and Sundays. For deadlines that also skip federal holidays, use the business days calculator, and for a plain count of days between two dates try days between dates.