Date Today — What Is Today's Date?

Today's date is shown above in words and in ISO 8601, together with the figures that usually follow the question: which day of the year it is, which ISO week, which quarter, and how many days are left before the year ends. Everything is read from your own device, so it is always the date where you are.

The same day, written several ways

The date you see written as 03/04 means the third of April in most of the world and the fourth of March in the United States. ISO 8601 removes the ambiguity by putting the year first, which is why it appears alongside the plain form here — see date formats by country.

The figures underneath the date

Day of year counts from 1 January and runs to 365 or 366; ISO week runs Monday to Sunday with week 1 containing the first Thursday. They are covered in day of year and Julian day and ISO week numbers. For arithmetic on dates, use the date calculator.

Guides about Today's Date

Calendar facts Date Format By Country: Who Writes Dates Which Way The same six digits mean different days in London, New York and Tokyo. Here is the date format each country uses, and the two ways to write a date that cannot be misread. 5 min read Calendar facts Calendar Systems: Dates In Hijri, Hebrew And Chinese Years Today has a date in several calendars at once. Here is how the Hijri, Hebrew and Chinese systems are built, and why none of them keeps step with the Gregorian year. 6 min read Quick answers How Many Days Left In The Year? Work It Out Exactly The days left in the year is one subtraction away once you know the day of year. Here is the arithmetic, the leap year adjustment, and the inclusive-counting trap. 5 min read Calendar facts Leap Year Explained: The Rule, The Reason, The Exceptions Divisible by four, except centuries, except centuries divisible by four hundred. Here is why that awkward rule exists, and what 29 February does to the rest of the year. 5 min read Quick answers What's The Date Today? How To Read And Write It Today's date can be written half a dozen ways, all correct. Here is how to read each one, why they differ, and what else the date tells you about the year. 6 min read

More datetoday.now pages

Tomorrow's Date Tomorrow's date with the same figures — weekday, ISO form, day of year and week. Week Number The current ISO week number, and the week number for any date you choose. Day of Year Today's ordinal day number, how much of the year has elapsed, and how many days remain. Date Calculator Add or subtract days, weeks, months, years or business days — and count the days between two dates.

Frequently asked questions

What is today's date?

It is displayed above, read from your device's clock, in both written and ISO 8601 form along with the weekday.

How many days are left in this year?

The figure is shown above and accounts for leap years, counting from today to 31 December.

What quarter are we in?

The current calendar quarter is shown above. Q1 is January to March, Q2 April to June, Q3 July to September and Q4 October to December.

Is the date read from my device?

Yes. Nothing is fetched from a server, so the date always matches your own system settings.