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Presidents’ Day 2030 in the United States

When is Presidents’ Day 2030?

1233 days away

Presidents’ Day 2030 falls on Monday, February 18, 2030. It is 1233 days away.

Presidents’ Day is a federal public holiday in the United States, held on the third Monday in February. Its legal name is Washington’s Birthday, and because the law fixes it to a Monday it never moves for falling on a weekend.

The statute still says Washington’s Birthday, though car dealers and mattress stores have made it a generic presidents’ sale. For a lot of families it is simply a February Monday off and a chance to talk about American history.

What typically stops

National picture for four named services. A local branch, a retailer or a private employer can still differ — this is not a store-by-store matrix.

Whether banks, USPS, Fedwire and the NYSE typically close for Presidents’ Day
Service Typically Source
Banks (Federal Reserve) Closed — Federal Reserve Banks close. Most commercial banks follow. Federal Reserve Banks — Holiday Schedule (K.8)
USPS Closed — Post offices closed. No regular mail delivery. USPS Employee and Labor Relations Manual — Holiday Leave (518)
Fedwire Closed — Fedwire Funds Service does not operate. Federal Reserve Banks — Holiday Schedule (K.8)
NYSE Closed — The exchange is closed for a full session. NYSE — Trading Hours and Holiday Calendar

Print and calendar feed

Is Presidents’ Day a public holiday?

Yes. Under its statutory name, Washington’s Birthday, it is one of the eleven legal public holidays in 5 U.S.C. § 6103. Federal offices close and federal employees receive the day off with pay.

States are free to name and frame it differently, and many do. Several observe it as a joint tribute to Washington and Lincoln, and a few — including Delaware and Florida — do not close state offices for it at all.

What day is Presidents’ Day?

The holiday always falls on the third Monday in February, so its calendar date moves each year between February 15 and February 21.

A consequence of that rule is that it can never fall on February 22, George Washington’s actual birth date under the Gregorian calendar. The date the holiday commemorates is therefore one it structurally cannot land on.

Why the name is disputed

The federal statute has never been amended: the legal name of the holiday remains Washington’s Birthday. “Presidents’ Day” is a popular and commercial name that spread after the Uniform Monday Holiday Act took effect in 1971.

A 1968 proposal to rename the day Presidents’ Day and combine it with Lincoln’s birthday was rejected in committee. Retailers and state legislatures adopted the name anyway, and it is now the more common usage — placement of the apostrophe included.

Presidents’ Day dates, 2025–2035

Presidents’ Day in the United States, by year
Year Weekday Date Observed Type
2025 Monday February 17, 2025 — Federal Holiday
2026 Monday February 16, 2026 — Federal Holiday
2027 Monday February 15, 2027 — Federal Holiday
2028 Monday February 21, 2028 — Federal Holiday
2029 Monday February 19, 2029 — Federal Holiday
2030 Monday February 18, 2030 — Federal Holiday
2031 Monday February 17, 2031 — Federal Holiday
2032 Monday February 16, 2032 — Federal Holiday
2033 Monday February 21, 2033 — Federal Holiday
2034 Monday February 20, 2034 — Federal Holiday
2035 Monday February 19, 2035 — Federal Holiday

Every date above is calculated from the rule — the third monday in february — rather than transcribed year by year, which removes the commonest source of error on calendar sites.

Other names and languages

Statutory name
Washington’s Birthday
Alabama
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Day
Common variants
Presidents Day · President’s Day

Legal basis and sources

5 U.S.C. § 6103(a) lists “Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February” among the legal public holidays. The statute does not use the name Presidents’ Day. 5 U.S.C. § 6103

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