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Day of the Year Calculator

See which numbered day of the year a date is, from 1 on January 1 to 365 or 366 on December 31, along with the days remaining and the percentage of the year gone.

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Day of the year284
Days left in the year
81
Days in the year
365
Year completed
77.8%
Ordinal date
2026-284

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      Formula

      Day of year = date − January 1 of the same year + 1
      Days left = days in the year − day of year

      How to use it

      1. Choose a date, or leave it as today.
      2. Read the day number and days remaining.

      Worked examples

      October 11, 2026

      Day of the year
      284
      Days left in the year
      81
      Days in the year
      365
      Ordinal date
      2026-284

      February 29, 2024

      Day of the year
      60
      Days left in the year
      306
      Days in the year
      366

      Ordinal dates

      The year followed by the three-digit day number, such as 2026-284, is an ordinal date in ISO 8601. Manufacturing, logistics and the military use it for date codes and often call it a “Julian date”, although the astronomers’ Julian Day is a different, continuous count.

      Questions people ask

      What day of the year is it today?

      Leave the date as today. October 11 is day 284 in a common year and day 285 in a leap year.

      What is the 100th day of the year?

      April 10 in a common year and April 9 in a leap year.

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