{
  "id": "days-until-july",
  "version": "f18674b40ef7",
  "status": "published",
  "name": "Days Until July",
  "question": "Days until July",
  "summary": "Counts the days from today, or any date you choose, to July 1, the first day of the next July, with its weekday and the time in weeks and months.",
  "category": "days",
  "subcategory": "countdowns",
  "url": "https://www.acalculator.org/days/days-until-july",
  "markdown": "https://www.acalculator.org/days/days-until-july.md",
  "kind": "function",
  "method": "Find the first July 1 on or after the start date, then count the days from the start date to it.",
  "assumptions": [
    "The count is to July 1, the first day of the month. During July, it counts to July 1 of the next year.",
    "The start date itself is not counted: from the day before, the count is 1; on the day itself, it is 0.",
    "Dates are calendar days with no time of day, so a time zone or a daylight-saving change never adds or loses a day.",
    "Start dates from January 1, 1900 to December 31, 2400 work."
  ],
  "inputs": {
    "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "from": {
        "title": "Count from",
        "description": "The date to count from. Today, unless you change it.",
        "type": "string",
        "format": "date"
      }
    }
  },
  "outputs": {
    "days": {
      "label": "Days until July",
      "description": "Whole days from the start date to the next July 1; 0 on July 1 itself.",
      "format": "integer"
    },
    "date": {
      "label": "Date",
      "description": "The next July 1 on or after the start date.",
      "format": "date-long"
    },
    "weekday": {
      "label": "Day of the week",
      "description": "The weekday of that July 1.",
      "format": "text"
    },
    "weeks": {
      "label": "In weeks",
      "description": "The same number of days in weeks and days.",
      "format": "text"
    },
    "months": {
      "label": "In months and days",
      "description": "The time to that date in whole months, then days.",
      "format": "duration"
    }
  },
  "defaultAnswer": {
    "inputs": {
      "from": "2026-09-30"
    },
    "outputs": {
      "days": 274,
      "date": "2027-07-01",
      "weekday": "Thursday",
      "weeks": "39 weeks and 1 day",
      "months": {
        "years": 0,
        "months": 9,
        "days": 1
      }
    },
    "text": "From September 30, 2026, there are 274 days until July on Thursday, July 1, 2027."
  },
  "examples": [
    {
      "given": {
        "from": "2026-09-28"
      },
      "expect": {
        "date": "2027-07-01",
        "days": 276,
        "weekday": "Thursday"
      },
      "source": "U.S. Naval Observatory, Leap Years: the Gregorian leap year rule (https://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/leap_years); Python 3 datetime: the next first of the month on or after the start date (docs/progress/WP-45/truth.py)"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "from": "2026-07-01"
      },
      "expect": {
        "date": "2026-07-01",
        "days": 0,
        "weekday": "Wednesday"
      },
      "source": "U.S. Naval Observatory, Leap Years: the Gregorian leap year rule (https://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/leap_years); Python 3 datetime: the next first of the month on or after the start date (docs/progress/WP-45/truth.py)"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "from": "2026-07-02"
      },
      "expect": {
        "date": "2027-07-01",
        "days": 364,
        "weekday": "Thursday"
      },
      "source": "U.S. Naval Observatory, Leap Years: the Gregorian leap year rule (https://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/leap_years); Python 3 datetime: the next first of the month on or after the start date (docs/progress/WP-45/truth.py)"
    },
    {
      "given": {
        "from": "2028-02-29"
      },
      "expect": {
        "date": "2028-07-01",
        "days": 123,
        "weekday": "Saturday"
      },
      "source": "U.S. Naval Observatory, Leap Years: the Gregorian leap year rule (https://aa.usno.navy.mil/faq/leap_years); Python 3 datetime: the next first of the month on or after the start date (docs/progress/WP-45/truth.py)"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [],
  "related": [
    "days-until-june",
    "days-until-august",
    "days-until",
    "days-between-dates"
  ],
  "changelog": []
}