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Tomorrow’s date

Wednesday,

Today is Tuesday, November 3, 20262026-11-04

Yesterday, today and the days ahead

Next Monday to Sunday

“Next Friday” here means the first Friday after today; if today is Friday, that is a week from today.

When tomorrow begins, and where it already has

Tomorrow starts at midnight in your own time zone, America/New_York. The dates on this page follow your device’s zone and change at that midnight while the page is open, so “tomorrow” never goes stale on a screen left open overnight.

Somewhere on Earth it is usually already tomorrow. The first inhabited place to reach a new date is Kiritimati, Kiribati, at UTC+14; the last is Niue at UTC−11. They are 25 hours apart, so for one hour each day three dates are in use at once. The list below shows today’s date in places around the world right now.

Today’s date around the world right now

From the first place on Earth to reach a new day to the last. Where the date is one day after yours, it is already tomorrow there.

How tomorrow’s date is worked out

Tomorrow is today plus one day, and the weekday moves on by one. Most of the time that changes only the day number. The exceptions are the last day of a month, when the month moves on and the day goes back to 1, and December 31, when the year changes as well. February is the exception people forget. In a common year, tomorrow after February 28 is March 1. In a leap year such as 2028 it is February 29. The dates on this page are counted through the Julian Day Number, a running count of days, so they are always right across month ends, year ends and leap days.

Tomorrow also depends on where you are. The page uses your device’s time zone, America/New_York, and switches to the next day at your midnight. For someone a few time zones east of you, tomorrow may already have started. For someone west of you, it may still be yesterday. Asked across time zones, “What’s tomorrow’s date?” has two right answers for part of every day.

Is midnight today or tomorrow?

Midnight is the moment one day ends and the next begins, which is exactly why it causes confusion. On the 24-hour clock the start of a day is 00:00, so “00:00 on Saturday” is the night between Friday and Saturday. On the 12-hour clock that moment is 12:00 a.m., and “12 a.m. Saturday” is read by some people as the night after Saturday. The US National Institute of Standards and Technology calls 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. ambiguous and says not to use them. On the 24-hour clock it writes 0000 for the start of a day and 2400 for its end. For a deadline, “Friday 23:59” is clearer than “midnight on Friday”.

The night the clocks change is the other exception. When clocks go forward, the night is an hour shorter, and when they go back an hour longer. “This time tomorrow” is then 23 or 25 hours away instead of 24, although tomorrow’s date arrives at midnight as usual.

“This Friday” or “next Friday”?

The list “Next Monday to Sunday” above gives the first of each weekday after today. That is what most people mean by “this Friday” and many by “next Friday”. Others use “next Friday” for the Friday of next week, a week later. Both usages are common, and neither is wrong. When a date matters, such as a delivery, a deadline or an appointment, say the date: “Friday, November 13” cannot be misread. The same goes for “in two days” (the day after tomorrow) and “a week from today” (the same weekday, seven days ahead). For longer spans, days from today counts any number of days forward or back.

Questions

What day is it tomorrow?
The large line at the top of this page: tomorrow’s weekday and date for your device’s time zone. It moves on at your midnight, so it is right even on a page left open overnight.
What was yesterday’s date?
It is in the list “Yesterday, today and the days ahead” on this page, worked out for your time zone. Yesterday is always one weekday before today: if today is Monday, yesterday was Sunday.
What date is this Saturday?
Usually the first Saturday after today, which is the date shown as “Next Saturday” in the list on this page. If today is Saturday, “this Saturday” means today. People disagree about “next Saturday”: some mean the coming one, some the one a week later, so give the date when it matters.
When does tomorrow start?
At midnight, 00:00, in your own time zone. Places east of you get there first: when it is evening in New York, it is already the next morning in Tokyo.
Is midnight today or tomorrow?
Midnight, 00:00, is the start of a new day, so “midnight on Friday” strictly means the start of Friday. Because people also use it for the end of Friday, the US National Institute of Standards and Technology suggests naming the minute instead, 11:59 p.m. Friday or 12:01 a.m. Saturday, or using the 24-hour clock, where 0000 starts a day and 2400 ends it.
What day was it yesterday at this time?
The same clock time 24 hours ago, on yesterday’s date. Only on the night the clocks change is the same clock time 23 or 25 hours ago instead of 24.

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