When is Father's Day?

Days until Father’s Day

The countdown uses your device’s date, so it is right in your time zone; on the day itself it says so. The calculator at the top counts the same days from today and adds the weeks, months and business days in between.

How the date is set

Father’s Day has no fixed day of the month: it is the third Sunday in June, so it always falls between June 15 to June 21. It became a permanent national observance in 1972, when President Nixon signed it into law (36 U.S.C. § 109); the first Father’s Day was held in Spokane, Washington, in 1910.

Father’s Day is not a federal holiday: it always falls on a Sunday, so banks, post offices and most businesses keep their usual Sunday hours.

Planning around Father’s Day

Gifts ordered online need to arrive by the Friday or Saturday before; count back the shipping days from the date above. Restaurants book up for Sunday brunch and lunch, so reservations a week or two ahead are common.

Many countries use the same third Sunday in June, including Canada and the U.K.; others differ — Spain, Italy and Portugal celebrate on March 19, and Australia on the first Sunday in September.

Why the date changes every year

Because the day is tied to a weekday, its date changes from year to year: the third Sunday in June falls on June 20 in 2027 and on June 18 in 2028, two days earlier, because 2028 is a leap year. The earliest possible date is June 15 and the latest June 21. If you mark it in a calendar, set it as a recurring event on the third Sunday rather than on a fixed date, or the reminder will drift.

The table above lists the dates from the next one on, so you can plan several years ahead — for a family trip, a school calendar or a work schedule — without counting Sundays and Mondays by hand.

To count the days to any other date, use the days between dates calculator; to find a date a number of days from now, the date calculator or 90 days from today.