US federal district courts
What is the deadline for title VII charge with the EEOC (deferral state)?
Title VII charge with the EEOC (deferral state) is governed by 42 USC 2000e-5(e)(1). This page does not calculate a date. Two problems prevent reduction to a single number. Read the rule text and the noted conditions before relying on any date.
Read why no date is calculated- Period
- 300 calendar days
- Trigger
- The alleged unlawful employment practice
- Rule
- 42 USC 2000e-5(e)(1)
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure amended through 2025
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Why this page does not calculate a date
Two problems prevent reduction to a single number. First, availability of the 300 days depends on whether the state is a deferral jurisdiction with a qualifying fair employment practices agency, which varies by state and by the practice complained of. Second, the statute imposes an alternative shorter limb - 30 days after notice that the state or local agency has terminated its proceedings, whichever is EARLIER - so where the state agency terminates early the effective deadline may be well short of 300 days. Both limbs must be computed.
Read 42 USC 2000except that in a case of an unlawful employment practice with respect to which the person aggrieved has initially instituted proceedings with a State or local agency with authority to grant or seek relief from such practice ... such charge shall be filed by or on behalf of the person aggrieved within three hundred days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred, or within thirty days after receiving notice that the State or local agency has terminated the proceedings under the State or local law, whichever is earlier
42 USC 2000e-5(e)(1)
Which date starts the 300-day period?
The period runs from the alleged unlawful employment practice.
Count forward from the trigger event. Confirm the event on the docket or in the service record before entering a date.
Read 42 USC 2000except that in a case of an unlawful employment practice with respect to which the person aggrieved has initially instituted proceedings with a State or local agency with authority to grant or seek relief from such practice ... such charge shall be filed by or on behalf of the person aggrieved within three hundred days after the alleged unlawful employment practice occurred, or within thirty days after receiving notice that the State or local agency has terminated the proceedings under the State or local law, whichever is earlier
42 USC 2000e-5(e)(1)
This period runs from the specific event in the cited rule. Do not substitute a nearby date such as a hearing, a courtesy copy or the day you first learned of it.
Which date do I enter?How are the 300 calendar days counted?
- Exclude the day of the trigger event.
- Count every following day, including intermediate Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays.
- If the last day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, continue to the next day that is not one of those.
Exclude the trigger day and count calendar days under FRCP 6(a).
If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, FRCP 6(a) carries it to the next open day.
Rule 6(a) also treats a day on which the clerk’s office is inaccessible as excluded from the last day, and sets the filing cutoff at midnight in the court’s time zone for electronic filing. The national calculation does not confirm those local facts.
Read FRCP 6(a)The calculation gives the ordinary national-rule date. Check relevant holidays, the court’s accessibility and its filing cutoff separately.
Review the filing checklistWhy no worked calculation is shown
No date is calculated on this page because the encoded provision could not be reduced to one fixed period. Read the rule text, the starting event and the noted branches, then confirm the period in the current rules before relying on any date.
Two problems prevent reduction to a single number. First, availability of the 300 days depends on whether the state is a deferral jurisdiction with a qualifying fair employment practices agency, which varies by state and by the practice complained of. Second, the statute imposes an alternative shorter limb - 30 days after notice that the state or local agency has terminated its proceedings, whichever is EARLIER - so where the state agency terminates early the effective deadline may be well short of 300 days. Both limbs must be computed.
Can an order, motion or extension change the deadline?
- Extensions
- Subject to waiver, estoppel and equitable tolling.
- Orders and local rules
- A scheduling order, stipulation approved by the court, standing order or local rule can set a different period and controls over the national default.
- Subject to waiver, estoppel and equitable tolling.
- A stipulation, scheduling order, standing order or local rule can set a different period and controls over the national default.
- Two problems prevent reduction to a single number. First, availability of the 300 days depends on whether the state is a deferral jurisdiction with a qualifying fair employment practices agency, which varies by state and by the practice complained of. Second, the statute imposes an alternative shorter limb - 30 days after notice that the state or local agency has terminated its proceedings, whichever is EARLIER - so where the state agency terminates early the effective deadline may be well short of 300 days. Both limbs must be computed.
What should I check before filing?
These checks help you review the result. They do not activate a calendar date or certify that the deadline applies.
Common questions
Find answers about when this 300-day period starts, how it is counted, what can change it and how to keep your calculation.
Starting the clock
Does the clock start on the alleged unlawful employment practice, or when I first learned of it?
The period runs from the alleged unlawful employment practice as the rule defines it, not from the day you read about it, received a courtesy copy or attended a hearing. Use the date shown on the docket or in the service record.
Read 42 USC 2000Do I add three days because the document arrived by mail?
Not to this period. FRCP 6(d) concerns periods measured after service. This period runs from the alleged unlawful employment practice, so no mailing days are added.
FRCP 6(d)Counting days and filing
Is it 300 calendar days or business days?
Calendar days. Count intermediate weekends and holidays. If the final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, FRCP 6(a) carries it forward to the next day that is not one of those.
FRCP 6(a)Which time zone and filing cutoff apply?
Under FRCP 6(a)(4), electronic filing ends at midnight in the court’s time zone unless a statute, local rule or court order sets a different time. Paper filing ends when the clerk’s office is scheduled to close. This calculator does not verify either fact.
FRCP 6(a)What if the court is inaccessible on the last day?
FRCP 6(a)(3) extends the period to the first accessible day that is not a weekend or legal holiday when the clerk’s office is inaccessible on the last day. Check the court’s closure notices and orders. A national holiday calculation does not establish an outage or local closure.
FRCP 6(a)Extensions and local rules
Can the court extend this deadline?
Subject to waiver, estoppel and equitable tolling. A request does not itself extend the period, and no discretionary extension is calculated here.
Read 42 USC 2000Do local rules, standing orders or a scheduling order change the date?
They can. Many courts set their own periods by local rule, standing order or case-specific order, and those control over the national default. This calculator gives the national-rule date only; compare it with any order in the case before relying on it.
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Does this calculator decide whether the rule applies to my case?
No. It calculates a period from the date you provide under the cited rule. It does not decide whether the rule governs your filing, whether an exception applies, or whether the filing has merit. Those questions need separate review.
Can I calculate the deadline without an account?
Yes. Enter the trigger date to see the free national-rule calculation, citation, counting steps and warnings. You can add court context after the result. Missing court review keeps the result provisional.
Results, records and your case
What is included in an Evidence Record?
The retained inputs, result, cited rule, calculation working, warnings and review state. The PDF includes a payload digest and retained-data appendix, and the record can be verified against its fingerprint later. It records the calculation, not a guarantee of legal correctness.
Does saving to a case activate the calendar?
Not automatically. Provisional records remain subject to review. A separately labeled manual date does not alter the original calculation.
Official sources and review
The period and the counting method come from different provisions. The official source is the court’s published rules; the reading links open the rule text at the Legal Information Institute.
| Provision | Purpose |
|---|---|
| 42 USC 2000e-5(e)(1) | Trigger and period |
| FRCP 6(a) | Counting, legal holidays and the last day |
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