How to Use: Calendar

The calendar defaults to the current year for the country you are in, based on your computer's IP address.

You can change Year and Country directly on this page. Several additional customizing options are available using the Quick Design and Formatting buttons above the calendar. The More Options button has links to more customizing options in separate forms.

There are two other pages with more detailed customizing options:

1. Basic form including the most common customizing options.
2. Advanced form including all customizing options.

Select Country from the drop-down menu at the top of the page. There are several hundred countries to choose from.

We have calendars for more than 200 countries. If the country you are looking for is not on the list, we haven't added it yet. You may want to choose a neighboring or culturally similar country instead.

Our calendars normally default to the current year. However, if a different year is displayed every time you open the calendar page, and you would like the current year to be shown by default, follow these instructions.

This issue usually arises when the calendar page is accessed via a bookmark, favorite, or otherwise saved link which is out of date. When you set up a calendar, the year is included as a parameter in the saved link (URL), like in the following example:

https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/custom.html?year=2019&country=1&mtm=2&cdt=4&df=1

The highlighted section of the URL determines the year (here: 2019). If you click this link, the calendar will always go to 2019. For the bookmark, favorite or link to go to the current year, simply delete the last section of the URL. In line with the above example, it should now look like this:

https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar

Now save this page and, if necessary, delete the old bookmark/favorite/link.

Our calendar defaults to the country you are in. However, if you are using a bookmark, a favorite or an otherwise saved link, you may have saved it with a different country included in the URL. To ensure you always go to the current year's calendar for the country you are in, edit the URL in your bookmark to look like this:
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/

The Julian calendar is an old calendar system which is 13 days different from the Gregorian calendar we use today. Some countries, such as Ethiopia and some Orthodox Christian Churches still follow a calendar similar to the Julian Calendar.

Do you want to add Day of Year (Julian) numbers to your calendar? See next question.

Go to a calendar with Julian numbers or use these steps:
1. Go to the calendar page.
2. Click the More options button above the calendar and select Advanced customization.
3. Click the tab called Other options.
4. Tick the box Show day number of year.
5. Click the Show Calendar or Show & Save Calendar

We offer English, German, and Norwegian text for most countries because we operate websites in these three languages. Most calendars also have local languages. For an overview of how many languages are available, please consult our API holiday pages.

Choose Year either in the box at the top of the page or use the year links directly above the calendar.

There are two ways of setting the time span of your calendar to a single month.

1. Click on a month name in the yearly calendar.
2. Click Monthly Calendar below "Calendar" in the main menu to go to the current month. You can select any other month from here.

• Basic Customizing Form, point 2:
  Tick C - Several months – Fill in the year, the start month, and the number of months.
• Advanced Customizing Form, point 2: Choose Select from and to date in the calendar period drop-down menu.

There are two ways of setting the time span of your calendar.

• Basic customizing form, point 2: Tick C - Several months – Fill in the start year, the start month, and the number of months of the fiscal year.
• Advanced Customizing Form, point 2: Choose Select from and to date in the calendar period drop-down menu.

There are two ways of setting the time span of your calendar.

• Basic customizing form, point 2: Tick C - Several months – Fill in start month and year of the school year, and the number of months it lasts.
• Advanced Customizing Form, point 2: Choose Select from and to date in the calendar period drop-down menu.

Our calendar defaults to the current year. However, if you are using a bookmark, a favorite, or another saved link, you may have saved it with a certain year included in the URL. To ensure you always go to the current year's calendar, edit the URL in your bookmark to look like this:
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/

When you click the green Show & Save Calendar button, most of your calendar settings are saved. However, this excludes the year and month settings.
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You can see which years are leap years or common years in the information section below the calendar. Leap years occur almost every four years and have 366 days, while common years have 365 days. We add a leap day on February 29, while common years have 28 days in February.

Years with the same calendar as other years are listed on our repeating calendar page. This service identifies years which are identical when all dates fall on the same days of the week.

You can edit the number of columns and how they are displayed:
1. Click the More Options button above the calendar and select Advanced customization.
2. Click the tab called Format and choose a number of columns and reading order in the drop-down menus.
3. Click the Show Calendar or Show & Save Calendar button at the bottom of the page to save your selection.

You can add up to 10 extra lines for notes:
1. Click the More options button above the calendar and select Advanced customization.
2. Click the tab called Format.
3. Select how many lines you want to add in the Add space for notes drop-down menu.
4. Click the Show Calendar or Show & Save Calendar button at the bottom of the page to save your selection.

There are dozens of different color schemes available:
1. Click the More options button above the calendar and select Advanced customization.
2. Clik the tab called Design.
3. Tick the Show advanced design customization box to expand all the options.
4. Press the blue Preview Alternatives to see all the different color options you have.
5. Click the Show Calendar or Show & Save Calendar button at the bottom of the page to save your selection.

Our holiday database features thousands of holidays worldwide. However, they may not all appear on the calendar by default. To choose which holidays you want in the calendar, you can either select them directly on the calendar page (See no. 1 below) or use the advanced customizing option (See no. 2 below).

1. Selecting holidays on the calendar page

• On the calendar page, there is a holiday section in a box below the calendar, and below the list of holidays, there are links and a drop-down menu where you can edit which holidays are featured in the list.
• Links for adding Common Observances, Clock Change Dates, and Seasons (equinox and solstice dates) are available for some countries.
• The Select button opens a drop-down menu with options to either show No holidays or to add official holidays and observances, as well as religious celebrations commonly observed in that country. The selection varies according to country.

2. Selecting holidays in the customizing form

• Click the More Options button above the calendar and select Advanced customization.
• Click the tab called Holidays.
• In the Select holidays drop-down menu, select Custom - choose holidays.
• Choose the holiday selection you wish to appear below your calendar. You can also choose No holidays.
• Click the Show Calendar or Show & Save Calendar button at the bottom of the page to save your selection.

The holiday section features a link to all the countries in our database. Click the country link to go to the list of holidays for each country, and edit which holidays to show in the list via the links and menus above the list. Each holiday link features more information and dates. Some holiday pages have text articles; others include only dates.

As the UK consists of four constituent countries, the holidays which are not observed in all four countries are categorized as local holidays. Choose Holidays (incl. all local) and observances in the Select drop-down menu below the holiday section. At this point, it is not possible to select the local holidays in only one of the constituent countries.

If you are in the UK, please see: Why is the UK holiday list missing holidays in England, Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland?

You may need to change the selection of holidays, or we may not have that holiday in our database. If you wish to notify us about a missing holiday, please use the feedback form at the bottom of the page.

Select the calendar for a different year, and look in the holiday list below the calendar.
Alternatively, click the link to the relevant country in the holiday section and click the holiday link in the list. You will find a list of dates at the bottom of each holiday page.

You can not add your own events to the online calendar. However, on our PDF calendar, you can.
Go to PDF calendar

We update our holiday database continuously. However, there are still holidays we do not feature. If you have information about additional holidays based on official sources, please send us an email including a link to the source to webmaster@timeanddate.com.

Strictly speaking, Easter Saturday is the Saturday after Easter. However, the term is widely used when referring to Holy Saturday, which is the day after Good Friday and before Easter Sunday. According to our search statistics, most people search for Easter Saturday when, in fact, they are looking for Holy Saturday. This is why we have decided to use it in this way.

The calendar defaults to the norm for each country. However, you can change which day you want to be displayed as the first day of the week:
1. Go to the calendar page.
2. Click the More Options button above the calendar and select Advanced customization.
3. Click the tab called Weeks.
4. Choose the day you want to be displayed as the first day of the week.
5. Click the Show Calendar or Show & Save Calendar button.

 New Moon
 First Quarter
 Full Moon
 Third / Last Quarter

The official symbols for Moon phases in calendars are based on how they look in the Northern Hemisphere. The actual appearance of the Half Moon in the First Quarter and Third Quarter in the Southern Hemisphere is opposite of the official symbols. However, on our Moon phase pages for cities, we use illustrations which show how the Moon looks in the Southern as well as in the Northern Hemisphere.

On the calendar page, click the link Disable moonphases below the holiday list.

Or you can follow these steps for more options:
1. Go to the calendar page.
2. Click the More Options button above the calendar and select Advanced customization.
3. Click the tab called Moon.
4. Choose how you want the Moon phase displayed in the drop-down menus.
5. Click the Show Calendar or Show & Save Calendar button.

A link to our printing help page is available at the bottom of the calendar page.

Use the PDF Calendar service for even more printer-friendly calendars

On the calendar page, click on Printer-friendly calendar below the calendar to open a printer-friendly calendar view , and use the Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons to change the size of the calendar print.

Use the PDF calendar service for even more printer friendly calendars

The colors are most likely not included in your print because your browser's settings prevent the background from being printed. In most browsers, backgrounds will not be printed by default to save ink/toner. Here's a guide on how to print the calendar from your browser.

Use the PDF Calendar service for even more printer friendly calendars

When you click on the green Show & Save Calendar button, most of your calendar settings (except year and month) are saved by using cookies, which are small files stored on your computer. If the cookies are deleted, your settings are lost.

To avoid losing your settings, please alter the cookie settings in your browser. Alternatively, you can create a free user account. That way your settings are stored with us and restored every time you log in.

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