ClockMath

Today’s Date

What day it is where you are, with the day of the year, week number and Julian date

Today is

Today is Thursday, November 12, 2026. It is day 316 of 2026, in ISO week 46. Days left in the year: 49.

In America/New_York

Day of the year
316 of 365
Days left in the year
49
Week (ISO, from Monday)
46
Week (US, from Sunday)
46
Quarter
Q4
Julian day number
2461357

Today’s date in other formats

  • ISO 8601 (year-month-day)2026-11-12
  • US (month/day/year)11/12/2026
  • UK, Europe, most of the world (day/month/year)12/11/2026
  • Julian date, year and day (ordinal)2026-316 · 26316
  • Astronomical Julian date, right now–

Counting from today? Days between dates counts to any date, the date calculator adds days, weeks or months, and the holidays list has the days left until each.

How it works and common questions

How it works

The date comes from your device’s clock and time zone, and the page turns over at midnight while it’s open. The day of the year counts from January 1 as day 1. The ISO week runs Monday to Sunday, numbered so week 1 holds the year’s first Thursday; the US week runs Sunday to Saturday, with week 1 the one holding January 1.

The Julian date on labels and in logistics is the year and the day of the year (2026-316, or 26316). The astronomical Julian day number counts whole days since 4713 BC, and the Julian date adds the fraction of the day since noon UTC, so it ticks on as you watch.

Questions

What is today’s date?

Today’s date is at the top of this page, read from your device’s clock in your time zone, with the day of the week and the day of the year. It changes at midnight where you are, so it can be a day ahead of or behind the date somewhere else.

What day of the year is it?

The board shows today’s day number, from 1 on January 1 to 365 on December 31 (366 in a leap year), and how many days are left. To work it out, add up the days in the months before this one and add today’s date: November 12, 2026 is 304 + 12 = day 316.

What week number is it?

There are two common systems. ISO 8601 weeks (used in Europe and in most software) start on Monday, and week 1 is the one with the year’s first Thursday, so January 1 can fall in the last week of the year before. US calendars start weeks on Sunday, with week 1 the one that holds January 1. The board shows both; they often match. A year has 52 ISO weeks, or 53: December 31, 2026 is in week 53.

What is today’s Julian date?

“Julian date” means two different things. On food packaging, in the military and on mainframes it is the year and the day of the year: November 12, 2026 is 2026-316, or 26316 in the 5-digit YYDDD form. In astronomy it is the count of days since noon on January 1, 4713 BC, with a fraction for the time of day. The board shows both for today.

What is the Julian day number?

The whole number of days since the start of the astronomical Julian period (noon UTC, January 1, 4713 BC). Each calendar date has one: January 1, 2000 is 2,451,545, and November 12, 2026 is 2,461,357. Astronomers use it because subtracting two of them gives the days between the dates.

Is it the same date everywhere?

No. The date changes at midnight in each time zone, so for most of each day two dates are in use somewhere: when it is 8 PM Tuesday in New York, it is already Wednesday in Tokyo. Kiribati (UTC+14) and Baker Island (UTC−12) are 26 hours apart, so for two hours a day three dates are in use.

How many days are in this year?

365, or 366 in a leap year. Leap years are the ones divisible by 4, except century years not divisible by 400: 2028 is a leap year, 2100 will not be, 2000 was.

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