How Many Days Until Father's Day?
Father's Day in the United States is always the third Sunday of June, so the exact date moves each year — anywhere from June 15 to June 21. The live counter below finds the next one and shows exactly how many days remain.
When Is Father's Day and Why the Third Sunday?
Father's Day follows the same kind of weekday rule as Mother's Day: it is the third Sunday of June, which always lands between June 15 and June 21. The June date traces back to the very first celebration in Spokane, Washington in 1910 — organizer Sonora Smart Dodd originally proposed June 5, her father's birthday, but local ministers needed more time to prepare sermons, so it was pushed to the third Sunday of the month, and the rule stuck.
The countdown computes the third Sunday of June for the current year and counts whole days from today, midnight to midnight, rolling over to next year once the day has passed. Because the third Sunday of June often falls within a day or two of the June solstice, Father's Day occasionally shares its date with the first day of summer.
A Slow Road to Official Recognition
Sonora Smart Dodd was inspired by a Mother's Day sermon in 1909 and by her own father, a Civil War veteran who raised six children alone after his wife died. Her 1910 Spokane celebration is recognized as the first Father's Day, but national status took far longer than Mother's Day's six-year sprint: presidents endorsed it informally for decades while Congress balked, partly fearing it would be seen as a commercial gimmick.
Lyndon Johnson proclaimed the third Sunday of June as Father's Day in 1966, and Richard Nixon finally signed it into permanent law in 1972 — sixty-two years after Spokane. Today it is celebrated with cookouts, cards, and gifts, and it consistently ranks among the busiest weekends of the year for phone calls, hardware stores, and golf courses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In the United States, Father's Day is always the third Sunday of June, so it falls between June 15 and June 21 depending on the year. The live counter at the top of this page shows the exact date of the next one.
The page finds the third Sunday of June for the current year, then counts whole calendar days from today to that Sunday, midnight to midnight. Once it has passed, the countdown automatically targets next year's third Sunday.
The June date comes from the first celebration in Spokane in 1910, scheduled for the third Sunday of June. Official recognition also lagged decades behind Mother's Day: it became permanent under President Nixon only in 1972, compared with 1914 for Mother's Day.