Legal Deadline Calculator
Follow the federal civil Rule 6 sequence for trigger-day exclusion, last-day adjustments and eligible service additions. Inputs stay in your browser.
The federal civil workflow excludes the trigger day, counts every following calendar day, adjusts a last day that falls on a weekend or legal holiday, and only then applies Rule 6(d)'s three-day addition when the selected service method qualifies. Review note: Complete the court-rule checks before relying on a date.
Context matters.
- This workflow is for Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 6. It does not calculate state, criminal, bankruptcy or appellate deadlines.
- Electronic service and personal delivery do not receive Rule 6(d)'s additional three days. Mail, leaving with the clerk and an applicable consented method can.
- A statute, court order, local rule, filing-system cutoff, inaccessible clerk office, state holiday or specially declared holiday can control. File early and have counsel or the clerk confirm.
Sources & scope
The calculation guide and this source trail show what the result means, where the rule came from and when it was last reviewed. This is source-and-calculation QA, not a claim of medical, legal, tax or other professional review; time-sensitive decisions still belong with the linked authority.
A visible path from input to answer.
Follow the federal civil Rule 6 sequence for trigger-day exclusion, last-day adjustments and eligible service additions. The page keeps the calculation scope and its limits beside the result so the output can be checked, copied or revisited.
- Read the record. The calculator uses Triggering event / service date, Period stated by the federal rule, order or statute, Service method for Rule 6(d), Additional legal holiday and Clerk office / e-filing accessibility on the calculated date and 4 additional fields supplied in the form.
- Apply the scope. It applies the United States federal civil Rule 6 planning — controlling rule/order, court calendar, local rules and filing system control reference and the explicit date, unit and counting conventions shown in the result.
- Expose the checkpoints. Intermediate rows, warnings and timeline events stay visible; the emphasized row identifies the primary checkpoint when one exists.
The federal civil workflow excludes the trigger day, counts every following calendar day, adjusts a last day that falls on a weekend or legal holiday, and only then applies Rule 6(d)'s three-day addition when the selected service method qualifies. Review note: Complete the court-rule checks before relying on a date.
- After final weekend / holiday adjustmentSep 14, 2026
- Planning dateSep 14, 2026
- Controlling sourceNot confirmed
Calculation purpose: Follow the federal civil Rule 6 sequence for trigger-day exclusion, last-day adjustments and eligible service additions. This is a high-sensitivity reference output; the linked authority or qualified professional controls the final decision.
Calendar inputs use plain year-month-day semantics. Leap days, month ends, date-pair order and unsupported dates are checked before the result is shown.
Rule set 2.0.0 · Last reviewed 2026-08-20 · Next review due 2027-02-20. The source panel below contains the linked evidence.
What to know before using the result.
Are weekends and holidays skipped throughout a Rule 6 period?
No under the current federal civil rule. Exclude the trigger day, count every following calendar day, then move the last day forward if it lands on a weekend or applicable legal holiday.
Does electronic service add three days?
No. Current Rule 6(d) does not add three days for electronic service or personal delivery. The addition can apply to mail, leaving with the clerk and an applicable consented method.
Does this include every court closure and holiday?
No. The tool includes recurring federal holidays and one user-entered additional holiday, but court orders, local rules, state holidays, one-off declarations, clerk accessibility and filing-system cutoffs must be checked.