How Many Days Until Thanksgiving?
Time Remaining Until Thanksgiving
What is the Thanksgiving date in numbers?
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For systems and international teams, YYYY-MM-DD (ISO 8601) is the safest format.
“How many days until Thanksgiving?” — quick FAQ
Which Thanksgiving does this page track?
This page tracks U.S. Thanksgiving, defined as the fourth Thursday in November. If your local clock has already reached the start of that Thursday, the countdown automatically rolls forward to next year’s date so it always points ahead.
Does the number match other countdown sites?
Yes. We use calendar days for the headline figure — a midnight-to-midnight comparison that includes today. That means the big number updates once per day at your local midnight and doesn’t wiggle during the day as hours and minutes pass.
What about Canada or other countries?
Canada’s Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October, and other countries observe different dates altogether. This page intentionally targets the U.S. holiday. If you need a Canadian Thanksgiving page, we can mirror this with the appropriate rule.
Do daylight-saving shifts affect the result?
No. The calendar-day count is anchored to dates, not clock hours, so DST changes don’t alter it. The live clock targets your local 00:00 at the start of Thanksgiving Thursday.
Can I copy the date cleanly?
Yes — use the buttons under the result to copy either the long English date or the ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DD) for forms, spreadsheets, and filenames.
How this page calculates the Thanksgiving countdown
The display combines two complementary views so planning stays intuitive. In the large grey box you’ll see a calendar-day count — the number of date boundaries between today and Thanksgiving, computed midnight-to-midnight and including today. This mirrors how printed calendars are crossed off and keeps the number stable throughout the day.
Below that you’ll find a live breakdown in hours, minutes, and seconds to the start of Thanksgiving in your current time zone. These values come from a precise millisecond difference to your local 00:00 on the fourth Thursday of November. By separating calendar math (days) from clock math (hours/minutes/seconds), the headline remains calm and predictable while the clock ticks smoothly.
To determine the date each year, we apply the simple rule codified by U.S. custom: find the fourth Thursday in November. Programmatically, that means taking November 1, finding the first Thursday of that month, and adding three weeks. If your device is already at or past the start of that Thursday, the page automatically advances to the following year so the countdown never sits at zero all day.
For coordination across teams, we also include the target date’s day-of-year index and ISO week number, plus common numeric formats. For unambiguous sharing between regions and systems, we recommend ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD). Everything runs locally in your browser — no time-zone or location data is sent anywhere — and the mini calendar opens on November with the target day highlighted.