Want to figure out the date that is exactly three days before Aug 23, 2015 without counting?
Your starting date is August 23, 2015 so that means that 3 days earlier would be August 20, 2015.
You can check this by using the date difference calculator to measure the number of days before Aug 20, 2015 to Aug 23, 2015.
August 20, 2015 is a Thursday. It is the 232nd day of the year, and in the 34th week of the year (assuming each week starts on a Sunday), or the 3rd quarter of the year. There are 31 days in this month. 2015 is not a leap year, so there are 365 days in this year. The short form for this date used in the United States is 08/20/2015, and almost everywhere else in the world it's 20/08/2015.
In some cases, you might want to skip weekends and count only the weekdays. This could be useful if you know you have a deadline based on a certain number of business days. If you are trying to see what day falls on the exact date difference of 3 weekdays before Aug 23, 2015, you can count up each day skipping Saturdays and Sundays.
Start your calculation with Aug 23, 2015, which falls on a Sunday. Counting forward, the next day would be a Monday.
To get exactly three weekdays before Aug 23, 2015, you actually need to count 4 total days (including weekend days). That means that 3 weekdays before Aug 23, 2015 would be August 19, 2015.
If you're counting business days, don't forget to adjust this date for any holidays.
August 19, 2015 is a Wednesday. It is the 231st day of the year, and in the 231st week of the year (assuming each week starts on a Sunday), or the 3rd quarter of the year. There are 31 days in this month. 2015 is not a leap year, so there are 365 days in this year. The short form for this date used in the United States is 08/19/2015, and almost everywhere else in the world it's 19/08/2015.
Type in the number of days and the exact date to calculate from. If you want to find a previous date, you can enter a negative number to figure out the number of days before the specified date.
This site provides an online Days Before Date Calculator to help you find the date that occurs exactly X days from a specific date. You can also enter a negative number to find out when X days before that date happened to fall. You can use this tool to figure out a deadline if you have a certain number of days remaining. Or read the full page to learn more about the due date if you're counting business days or weekdays only, skipping Saturday and Sunday. If you're trying to measure the number of days between two dates, you can switch to the Date Difference Calculator instead.