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Monday, November 9, 2026

What trips people up in date maths

When counting the days between two dates, the thing people disagree on is whether the start day counts. A plain subtraction leaves it out, but for an event period or a hotel stay where the first day counts as a day, you need to add one. Decide which convention you are using before you start.

The same goes for countdowns. Whether today is D-1 or D-0 depends on local habit, so for anything with a deadline it pays to confirm which convention the other side uses. When adding days, month ends and leap years make manual counting error-prone — let the calculation handle it.

Legal and contractual periods can differ again. Whether “within N days” includes the first day, or shifts when the last day falls on a holiday, depends on the specific rule. For anything that matters, check the relevant guidance once more. Dates you enter are calculated only in your browser.