What Is Today’s Date?

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

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Today's Date Is:

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Today, April 27th, is day 118 of 366 total days in 2024.

What is Today's Date in Numbers?

Today's date in numbers is:

  • MM-DD-YYYY: 04-27-2024
  • DD-MM-YYYY: 27-04-2024
  • YYYY-MM-DD: 2024-04-27

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

  • MM/DD/YYYY: 04/27/2024
  • DD/MM/YYYY: 27/04/2024

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

This can introduce some confusion when reading a date; for instance, is 03-04-2024 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] Therefore, this date could be unambiguously written as 2023-04-03, which represents April 3rd, 2023.

More About Today's Date

Current Date on a Calendar

The calendar below shows each day of 2024 along with the current date.

Calendar showing the days of January 2024.
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 2024.
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 29
Calendar showing the days of March 2024.
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 2024.
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 2024.
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 2024.
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 2024.
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 2024.
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 2024.
SEPTEMBER
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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 2024.
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 2024.
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 2024.
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()

Simply enter this formula into any empty cell to get today's date. For instance, if the current date is November 1st, then the result 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