What was the date 8 days ago?

Solution

Thursday April 17, 2025

Date Range: 8 days

8 days ago from today was 17 Apr 2025, a Thursday. Since today is Friday, well need to account for the weekend if you care about work days. If not, the calculation will remain the same. In subtracting an 8-day span, we count back over a week, which means we need to account for workdays for those of us who prioritize them. Moving backward by more than a week from April suggests we might approach March, given we’re currently in the end of of this month.

How we calculated 8 days before today

All of our day calculators are measured and QA'd by our engineer. Read more about the Git process here. But here's how 8 days ago gets calculated on each visit:

We started with date inputs: used current day of 25 Apr, then set the calculation - 8 days, and factored in the year 2025
Noted your current time of year: 8 days in April will keep us in April and we don’t need to worry about adjusting months or years.
Counted backwards days from current day: date - 25 Apr, factoring in the 25 days left in April to calculate Thursday April 17, 2025
Did NOT factor in workdays: In this calculation, we kept weekend. See below for just workdays or the fiscal calendar

Tips when solving for April 17

Current date: 25 Apr
Day of the week: Thursday
New Date: Thursday April 17, 2025
New Date Day of the week: Thursday
April is the end of the quarter and the beginning of spring. It's also Phillies Opening Day, so plan according and take the week off work! (Go Phils)

Ways to calculate 8 days ago

Calculate it: Start with a time ago calculator. 8 days is easiest solved on a calculator. For ours, we've already factored in the 25 days in April + all number of days in each month and the number of days in . Simply add your days and choose the length of time, then click "calculate". This calculation does not factor in workdays or holidays (see below!).
Use April's calendar: Begin by identifying 25 Apr on a calendar, note that it’s Thursday, and the total days in March (trust me, you’ll need this for smaller calculations) and days until last year (double trust me, you'll need this for larger calculations). From there, count backwards 8 times days by days, subtracting days from until your remainder of days is 0.
Use excel: For more complex days calculations or if you h8 our site (kidding), I use Excel functions like =TODAY()-8 to get or =WORKDAY(TODAY()), -8, cell:cell) for working days.

Working days in 8 calendar days

8 days is Thursday April 17, 2025 or could be if you only want workdays. This calculation takes 8 days and only subtracts by the number of workdays in a week. Remember, removing the weekend from our calculation will drastically change our original Thursday April 17, 2025 date.

Work days Solution

Date 8 work days ago
Tuesday April 15, 2025

Week of Thursday April 17, 2025

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

8 days back

Thursday

April 17

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

The past 8 days is equivalent to:

Counting back from today is Thursday April 17, 2025 using a full calendar, and is also 192 hours ago and 29.32% of the year.

8 days = 192 hours

8 days = 0.258 months

8 days = 1.143 weeks

8 days = 0.022 years

8 days = 11520 minutes

8 days = 691200 seconds

Did you know?

Thursday Thursday April 17, 2025 was the 107 day of the year. At that time, it was 29.32% through 2025.

In 8 days, the average person Spent...

1718.4 hours Sleeping
228.48 hours Eating and drinking
374.4 hours Household activities
111.36 hours Housework
122.88 hours Food preparation and cleanup
38.4 hours Lawn and garden care
672.0 hours Working and work-related activities
618.24 hours Working
1011.84 hours Leisure and sports
549.12 hours Watching television

What happened on April 17 (8 days ago) over the years?

On April 17:

2011 "Game of Thrones", based on the fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin premieres on HBO
1976 NL greatest comeback: trailing 12-1, Philadelphia Phillies beat Chicago Cubs, 18-16 in 10 innings at Wrigley Field; Mike Schmidt hits 4 consecutive HRs