Days Until Memorial Day
Counting down to Memorial Day, which is the last Monday of May. The next occurrence is Monday, May 31, 2027 — 236 days away — and because the date is rule-based this page rolls to the following year automatically once the day passes. Memorial Day honours US military personnel who died in service. It grew out of Decoration Day, first widely observed in 1868 when flowers were placed on Civil War graves at Arlington, and became the last Monday in May under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. A federal law passed in 2000 asks Americans to pause for a National Moment of Remembrance at 3 pm local time.
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What this tool does
Counting down to Memorial Day, which is the last Monday of May. The next occurrence is Monday, May 31, 2027 — 236 days away — and because the date is rule-based this page rolls to the following year automatically once the day passes. Memorial Day honours US military personnel who died in service. It grew out of Decoration Day, first widely observed in 1868 when flowers were placed on Civil War graves at Arlington, and became the last Monday in May under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. A federal law passed in 2000 asks Americans to pause for a National Moment of Remembrance at 3 pm local time.
How to use the Days Until Memorial Day
- Check Target date (YYYY-MM-DD): 2027-05-31.
- Review the Days Until Memorial 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 Memorial Day: Target date (YYYY-MM-DD) = 2027-05-31. Counting down to Memorial Day, which is the last Monday of May. The next occurrence is Monday, May 31, 2027 — 236 days away — and because the date is rule-based this page rolls to the following year automatically once the day passes. Memorial Day honours US military personnel who died in service. It grew out of Decoration Day, first widely observed in 1868 when flowers were placed on Civil War graves at Arlington, and became the last Monday in May under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. A federal law passed in 2000 asks Americans to pause for a National Moment of Remembrance at 3 pm local time.
Inputs
- Target date (YYYY-MM-DD)2027-05-31
Result
- Days until Memorial Day236
- Next Memorial DayMonday, May 31, 2027
- Weeks and days33 weeks, 5 days
- Status236 days to go
- Following Memorial DayMonday, May 29, 2028
Memorial Day dates for the next six years
| Date | Weekday |
|---|---|
| 2027-05-31 | Monday |
| 2028-05-29 | Monday |
| 2029-05-28 | Monday |
| 2030-05-27 | Monday |
| 2031-05-26 | Monday |
| 2032-05-31 | Monday |
Results explained
- Days until Memorial Day
- Whole calendar days from today to the next occurrence of Memorial Day (the last Monday of May); zero on the day itself.
- Next Memorial Day
- The calendar date of the upcoming Memorial 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 Memorial 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, May 31, 2027. Memorial Day is the last Monday of May, so you can project any future year from that rule without a printed calendar.
236 days from today (the count reaches zero on the day itself and then restarts toward Monday, May 29, 2028). This page recounts from the current date every time it loads.
Yes. Memorial 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.
Memorial Day is the last Monday of May. Memorial Day honours US military personnel who died in service.
Flags fly at half-staff until noon, volunteers place flags on graves at national cemeteries, and the weekend unofficially opens summer with parades, cookouts and the Indianapolis 500.
Monday, May 29, 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.