What Is Today’s Date?

Are you trying to figure out what the current date is?

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Today's Date Is:

Friday, December 1, 2023

Today, December 1st, is day 335 of 365 total days in 2023.

What is Today's Date in Numbers?

Today's date in numbers is:

  • MM-DD-YYYY: 12-01-2023
  • DD-MM-YYYY: 01-12-2023
  • YYYY-MM-DD: 2023-12-01

It's also common to see dates represented using numbers with slashes.

  • MM/DD/YYYY: 12/01/2023
  • DD/MM/YYYY: 01/12/2023

The most common format used in the United States is the MM-DD-YYYY format, or month-day-year in numbers, while the rest of the world commonly uses the DD-MM-YYYY format.[1]

This can introduce some confusion when reading the date; for instance, is 03-04-2023 March 4th or April 3rd? To reduce confusion, the International Organization for Standardization defines the YYYY-MM-DD format as part of the ISO-8601 date standard.[2]

More About Today's Date

Current Date on a Calendar

The calendar below shows each day of 2023 along with the current date.

Calendar showing the days of January 2023.
JANUARY
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
Calendar showing the days of February 2023.
FEBRUARY
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28
Calendar showing the days of March 2023.
MARCH
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30 31
Calendar showing the days of April 2023.
APRIL
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30
Calendar showing the days of May 2023.
MAY
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
Calendar showing the days of June 2023.
JUNE
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30
Calendar showing the days of July 2023.
JULY
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
Calendar showing the days of August 2023.
AUGUST
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31
Calendar showing the days of September 2023.
SEPTEMBER
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Calendar showing the days of October 2023.
OCTOBER
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
Calendar showing the days of November 2023.
NOVEMBER
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30
Calendar showing the days of December 2023.
DECEMBER
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

How To Calculate Today's Date Using Excel or Sheets

You can also calculate the current date using spreadsheet software such as Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel using the TODAY() function.

=TODAY()

For instance, if the current date is November 1st, then the formula might look like this:

Graphic showing the formula for Google Sheets or Microsoft Excel to calculate the current date.

References

  1. MIT International Students Office, Date Format in the United States, https://iso.mit.edu/americanisms/date-format-in-the-united-states/
  2. International Organization for Standardization, ISO 8601 Date and Time Format, https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html