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How many days until New Year 2027?

A live countdown to midnight on Friday, January 1, 2027, with midnight in every U.S. time zone, the working days left in 2026, and what is open on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.

Counts to midnight in your device's time zone. Working days skip weekends and federal holidays.

New Year's Eve, December 31, 2026

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New Year's Day 2027 is on Friday, January 1, 2027, a federal holiday. New Year's Eve is a normal working day: banks, post offices and the stock market are open on Thursday, December 31, 2026, and all of them close on January 1.

What is open on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day

DayFederal officesBanksStock marketPost offices
New Year's Eve
Thursday, December 31, 2026		OpenOpenOpenOpen
New Year's Day
Friday, January 1, 2027		ClosedClosedClosedExpected closed*

* USPS has not published its 2027 holidays yet; New Year's Day has been a postal holiday every year so far.

New Year's Day dates and the federal day off

YearJanuary 1 is aFederal day off
2027FridaySame day
2028SaturdayFriday, December 31, 2027
2029MondaySame day
2030TuesdaySame day
2031WednesdaySame day
“New Year's Day, January 1.” “Instead of a holiday that occurs on a Saturday, the Friday immediately before is a legal public holiday for [...] employees whose basic workweek is Monday through Friday.”— 5 U.S.C. 6103, Holidays

New Year's Day 2028: the odd one

January 1, 2028 falls on a Saturday. Federal employees get Friday, December 31, 2027 off instead, but the other calendars do not follow: Federal Reserve banks stay open that Friday, and the stock market does not close at all.

“Because the holiday falls on Saturday, January 1, 2028, no New Year’s Day holiday is observed.”— NYSE, Holidays & Trading Hours
DayFederal officesBanksStock marketPost offices
New Year's Eve
Friday, December 31, 2027		ClosedOpenOpenNot confirmed*
New Year's Day
Saturday, January 1, 2028		Saturday; observed Friday, December 31SaturdaySaturdayNot confirmed*

Counting down at work

The working days in the countdown box are weekdays left before New Year's Day, minus federal holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas. For a different range, use the working days calculator, or the countdown calculator for any other date.

Questions, answered

New Year's: common questions.

New Year's Day 2027 is on Friday, January 1, 2027. It is a federal holiday on January 1 every year.
The countdown at the top of this page shows it live, to the second, counting to midnight in your own time zone. It also shows when midnight reaches each U.S. time zone.
No. December 31 is a normal working day under federal law, except when New Year's Day falls on a Saturday: then federal employees get Friday, December 31 off instead.
Yes. The NYSE trades a normal session on December 31 and closes on New Year's Day. New Year's Day 2028 falls on a Saturday, and the NYSE says no New Year's Day holiday is observed that year.
Banks are closed: New Year's Day is a Federal Reserve holiday. Post offices are expected to be closed too: New Year's Day was on the USPS holiday list in 2026, the latest year USPS has published, and its 2027 list is not out yet.
At midnight local time: Eastern first, then Central an hour later, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska and Hawaii, six hours after New York. The countdown box shows each one in your own time.
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