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Dates & Times
With comprehensive information about calendar systems, time zones, historical periods, notable recurring events and more, Wolfram|Alpha is a powerful assistant for questions about dates and times at school, business or home. Get detailed scientific information about ancient geological eras; count down to holidays or other significant events; convert between time zones, calendars and time formats; compute differences between dates or times; or explore useful and fun information about dates, from historical events to corresponding birthstones.
Calculate the current time or a length of time and compute the difference between dates.
Find out the current date and time:
nowSpecify a date by its place on the calendar:
third Tuesday in AprilDo computations with birth dates and other data:
Ferdinand Magellan's birth date to Wiley Post's birth dateCalculate a length of time:
8:25 am to 7:10pmGenerate custom calendars and convert dates between calendar systems.
Generate a calendar for a month:
this monthGenerate a calendar for a year:
2010 ADGet information about the calendar:
Which months have 31 days?Recurring Events
Find information about a single recurring event or compare multiple events.
Get information about a recurring event:
taste of chicagoCompare information for past events:
ComicCon International vs Burning ManUnix Time
Get the Unix encoding for any time or date.
Get the Unix encoding for the current time:
unix timeGet the Unix encoding for an arbitrary date and time:
2:34:06pm May 12, 1979 in Unix TimeTranslate a Unix time encoding:
unix time 1234567890Birth Flowers
Learn about flowers and flower families traditionally associated with each month.
Find birth flowers for a specified month:
flowers for people born in FebruaryFind out the time zone of any city and learn generally about each specific zone.
Get information about a time zone:
Mountain TimeGet the current time in a specified city:
time in TokyoConvert the time in one location to another:
If it is 7pm in Moscow, what time is it in Islamabad?Islamic Prayer Times
Compute prayer times and Qibla direction for any date and location.
Find information about Islamic prayer times:
Islamic prayer timesDhuhr time in Tokyo tomorrowLearn the dates of significant events or find out what important things happened on a given date.
Get the date of a historical event:
codices replace scrollsFind notable events in a specified date range:
events September 1 to October 31, 2001What happened in August 1969?Learn about geological eons, eras, periods or epochs and their corresponding time frames.
Get information about a geological eon, era, period or epoch:
Jurassic PeriodFind the geological epoch corresponding to a given time:
20 million years agoWedding Anniversaries
Search for the specific names or gifts associated with any particular wedding anniversary.
Find names for a specified wedding anniversary:
9th wedding anniversaryFind gifts associated with all wedding anniversaries:
wedding anniversary giftsRELATED EXAMPLES
Compute the time until a specific holiday or find the date on which a holiday occurred during any given year.
Compute the date of a holiday:
Easter 1910Compute the dates of holidays for a given year:
holidays 2009Do computations with holidays:
How many days until Labor Day?Birth & Death Dates
Find out when and where notable people were born or find out who passed away on any specific date.
Find people born on a specified date:
people born on Jan 17, 1922Find the birth or death date of a person:
Claude Monet's death dateBirthstones
Learn what birthstones correspond to each month or to specific dates.