Days Until Labor Day
Counting down to Labor Day, which is the first Monday of September. The next occurrence is Monday, September 6, 2027 — 334 days away — and because the date is rule-based this page rolls to the following year automatically once the day passes. Labor Day honours the American labour movement. The first celebration was a New York City parade on September 5, 1882, organised by the Central Labor Union, and it became a federal holiday in 1894 after the Pullman Strike. The September date sets it apart from the May 1 International Workers' Day marked in most of the world.
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What this tool does
Counting down to Labor Day, which is the first Monday of September. The next occurrence is Monday, September 6, 2027 — 334 days away — and because the date is rule-based this page rolls to the following year automatically once the day passes. Labor Day honours the American labour movement. The first celebration was a New York City parade on September 5, 1882, organised by the Central Labor Union, and it became a federal holiday in 1894 after the Pullman Strike. The September date sets it apart from the May 1 International Workers' Day marked in most of the world.
How to use the Days Until Labor Day
- Check Target date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2027-09-06.
- Review the Days Until Labor Day result and its exact-value comparison table.
- Verify assumptions before applying the result.
Formula
days remaining = (target UTC midnight − today's UTC midnight) / 86,400,000; weeks and days split the absolute day count by 7; the calendar countdown adds whole calendar months first, then leftover days
- target
- Target date (YYYY-MM-DD)
Counts whole calendar days from your device's current local date (today) to the target date, using UTC calendar days so daylight saving never shifts the result. Today itself is not counted: a target tomorrow is 1 day away. Past targets return a negative count.
Worked example
Days Until Labor Day: Target date (YYYY-MM-DD) = 2027-09-06. Counting down to Labor Day, which is the first Monday of September. The next occurrence is Monday, September 6, 2027 — 334 days away — and because the date is rule-based this page rolls to the following year automatically once the day passes. Labor Day honours the American labour movement. The first celebration was a New York City parade on September 5, 1882, organised by the Central Labor Union, and it became a federal holiday in 1894 after the Pullman Strike. The September date sets it apart from the May 1 International Workers' Day marked in most of the world.
Inputs
- Target date (YYYY-MM-DD)2027-09-06
Result
- Days until Labor Day334
- Next Labor DayMonday, September 6, 2027
- Weeks and days47 weeks, 5 days
- Status334 days to go
- Following Labor DayMonday, September 4, 2028
Labor Day dates for the next six years
| Date | Weekday |
|---|---|
| 2027-09-06 | Monday |
| 2028-09-04 | Monday |
| 2029-09-03 | Monday |
| 2030-09-02 | Monday |
| 2031-09-01 | Monday |
| 2032-09-06 | Monday |
Results explained
- Days until Labor Day
- Whole calendar days from today to the next occurrence of Labor Day (the first Monday of September); zero on the day itself.
- Next Labor Day
- The calendar date of the upcoming Labor Day, derived from its scheduling rule rather than a fixed stored date.
- Weeks and days
- The same countdown split into whole weeks plus remaining days.
- Following Labor Day
- The occurrence after next, so the page still gives a target once this year's date passes.
Frequently asked questions
The next occurrence is Monday, September 6, 2027. Labor Day is the first Monday of September, so you can project any future year from that rule without a printed calendar.
334 days from today (the count reaches zero on the day itself and then restarts toward Monday, September 4, 2028). This page recounts from the current date every time it loads.
Yes. Labor Day is one of the US federal holidays listed by the Office of Personnel Management, so federal offices, most banks and the mail close; when the date lands on a weekend the observance shifts to the nearest weekday.
Labor Day is the first Monday of September. Labor Day honours the American labour movement.
The long weekend is the unofficial end of summer: schools have usually just started, retailers run major sales, and college football kicks off — while the old fashion rule said no white shoes or seersucker after this day.
Monday, September 4, 2028. The table on this page lists the next six occurrences with their weekdays so you can plan travel, events and time off well ahead.