January 15, 2018

Want to figure out the date that is exactly fifty-eight days from Jan 15, 2018 without counting?

Your starting date is January 15, 2018 so that means that 58 days later would be March 14, 2018.

You can check this by using the date difference calculator to measure the number of days from Jan 15, 2018 to Mar 14, 2018.

March 14th, 2018 is a Wednesday. It is the 73rd day of the year, and in the 11th week of the year (assuming each week starts on a Monday), or the 1st quarter of the year. There are 31 days in this month. 2018 is not a leap year, so there are 365 days in this year. The short form for this date used in the United States is 3/14/2018, and almost everywhere else in the world it's 14/3/2018.

In some cases, you might want to skip weekends and count only the weekdays. This could be useful if you know you have a deadline based on a certain number of business days. If you are trying to see what day falls on the exact date difference of 58 weekdays from Jan 15, 2018, you can count up each day skipping Saturdays and Sundays.

Start your calculation with Jan 15, 2018, which falls on a Monday. Counting forward, the next day would be a Tuesday.

To get exactly fifty-eight weekdays from Jan 15, 2018, you actually need to count 80 total days (including weekend days). That means that 58 weekdays from Jan 15, 2018 would be April 5, 2018.

If you're counting business days, don't forget to adjust this date for any holidays.

April 5th, 2018 is a Thursday. It is the 95th day of the year, and in the 14th week of the year (assuming each week starts on a Monday), or the 2nd quarter of the year. There are 30 days in this month. 2018 is not a leap year, so there are 365 days in this year. The short form for this date used in the United States is 4/5/2018, and almost everywhere else in the world it's 5/4/2018.

This site provides an online Days From Date calculator to help you find the date that occurs exactly X days from a specific date. You can also enter a negative number to find out when X days before that date happened to fall. You can use this tool to figure out a deadline if you have a certain number of days remaining. Or read the full page to learn more about the due date if you're counting business days or weekdays only, skipping Saturday and Sunday. If you're trying to measure the number of days between two dates, you can switch to the Date Difference calculator instead.

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. and Wyoming Equality Day!

Ronald Reagan signed a bill in 1983 that established Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a nationally observed holiday.  It was not until 1986 that it was first observed; 2000 was the year in which all 50 states observed the holiday.

In 1990, through the efforts of State Senator Harriet Elizabeth Byrd, Wyoming’s state legislature passed a bill that established Martin Luther King, Jr./Wyoming Equality Day as a state holiday.

Here is a copy of the legislation that went into effect.

There is a week-long schedule of events (January 29 – February 3) on the University of Wyoming campus, the Martin Luther King, Jr. Days of Dialogue to celebrate the continuing impact of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s life and ideals. Students, staff, faculty, alumni, and the public are invited to participate in MLK DOD events.

(adapted from AHC post from January 18, 2013)