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Labor Day, the first Monday of September

Labor Day is a US federal holiday that honors American workers and the labor movement. It falls on the first Monday of September, so it always comes with a three-day weekend, and for many people it marks the unofficial end of summer: the last long weekend before school and work routines take over again.

Canada marks Labour Day on the same Monday. Most other countries mark Labour Day, often called May Day or International Workers’ Day, on May 1 instead.

How the date is set

Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894, set on the first Monday of September. Because it is tied to a weekday rather than a date, it moves around: it can fall on any day from September 1 to September 7. In 2027 it is September 6, in 2028 September 4 and in 2030 September 2.

The long weekend runs from the Saturday before to Monday itself. In years when Labor Day is September 1 or 2, that Saturday is still in August.

How the countdown works

The page works out the first Monday of September and counts down to midnight at the start of that day in your device’s time zone. Choose a unit under the counter to see the time left in weeks, days only, hours, minutes or seconds. If you want the working days instead, the business days calculator counts weekdays between two dates.

On Labor Day itself the page shows the day instead of a counter, and from the Tuesday after it counts down to the next year. The list under the counter shows how far away the three big US summer holidays are: Memorial Day, the Fourth of July and Labor Day.

Labor Day for the next five years

Labour Day around the world

The United States and Canada are the exceptions in holding Labor Day in September. In much of Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia, workers are honored on May 1, a public holiday in many of those countries. A few places choose other dates: New Zealand marks Labour Day on the fourth Monday of October, and Australia’s states each set their own day.

Labor Day also arrives a few weeks before the autumn equinox, which is the astronomical end of summer in the Northern Hemisphere.

Put the Labor Day countdown on your Home Screen

1. Install Left on your iPhone and open Ahead.
2. Tap Add a date ahead, choose New date, name it Labor Day and set Starts to this year’s date from the table above.
3. Add Left’s Ahead widget to your Home Screen or Lock Screen and choose the date in Edit Widget.

Because Labor Day moves every year, add next year’s date once this one has passed. The Home Screen widget guide covers each step, and the countdown widget page shows the other styles.

Read more

• The best countdown widgets for iPhone
• Organise your dates in Ahead and Since
• Add a widget to your iPhone Lock Screen

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