Court Date Calculator
Project court hearing dates from filing.
These calculators are for informational purposes only and do not constitute legal, financial, or professional advice.
How the Court Date Calculator works
The Court Date Calculator projects a hearing or response date from a triggering date and a day count, applying the time-computation rules courts use rather than a raw calendar count. Enter the triggering date, the number of days, whether the rule runs in business days or calendar days, and the relevant holiday calendar — the tool counts forward and, in calendar-day mode, rolls a deadline that lands on a weekend or court holiday forward to the next open day.
The triggering date — the filing, the date a document was served, or the date an order was entered — is day zero, and under most rules the count begins the next day. Fix that date from the document itself, because every downstream date moves with it and a clerk's file-stamp date is not always the date you think you filed on.
The business-versus-calendar choice is what produces two different answers from the same inputs. Calendar-day mode adds the days straight through and only adjusts the final landing; court-day mode skips weekends and holidays as it counts, reaching further out for the same number. Select the holiday calendar of the court hearing the matter, not your own location, so the days it skips are the days the clerk's office is genuinely closed.
Worked example
A 30-calendar-day response period triggered on a date whose 30th day falls on a Sunday is not due that Sunday — it rolls forward to the following Monday, or to Tuesday if that Monday is a court holiday. Switch the same 30 days to business-day counting and the tool instead skips every weekend and holiday as it counts, pushing the deadline considerably later. Same trigger, same "30," materially different dates.
Frequently asked questions
Which date does the count start from?
The triggering event the rule names — service of a document, entry of an order, or the filing — used as day zero, with counting beginning the next day under most rules. Read the governing rule carefully, because whether day one is the trigger date or the day after changes the result.
Should I choose business days or calendar days?
Whatever the governing rule specifies. Many response periods are calendar days; shorter periods and many motion deadlines run in court days that skip weekends and holidays. The two diverge more the longer the period, so match the toggle to the rule rather than guessing.
Is this legal advice?
No. This is general information only. Deadline computation is governed by the specific rules of your jurisdiction and the particular court, which contain exceptions and local cutoffs this tool does not model. Confirm any real deadline against the applicable rules and, where the stakes warrant it, with counsel — and file ahead of the limit.