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The renewal date is
not the deadline.
The notice date is.

List each contract's end date and notice period. The calculator counts back to the last day you can give notice, flags the ones that are close or already gone, and names the next one.

Find the deadlinesWhat you get

The notice deadline calculator

The worked example is four made-up school office contracts counted from November 11, 2026. Nothing you type leaves this browser.

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What you get

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What you finish with
The notice deadline and days left for each contract, which have passed or are close, and the next deadline. It prints as a summary and downloads as a spreadsheet.
Who it is for
Students learning workplace and business skills, school office and operations staff, and families with leases and subscriptions.
Format
Browser calculator for a phone, tablet or computer, by touch or keyboard. Up to 40 contracts. Prints a summary; downloads a spreadsheet (.csv); export and import a file.
Access
Free. No account, no sign-in and nothing to install. Everything you type stays in this browser; nothing is sent to Caveat.
Where it lives
The Job Skills space in Caveat Vocations.
Support
Questions, a correction or a request: team@caveatacademic.com.

How to use it

  1. Set the date to count from (blank is today) and a reminder window.
  2. Add each contract with its end date and notice period.
  3. Read the deadlines and which are close.
  4. Put each deadline, less the reminder, in your calendar.
  5. Print the summary for the office file.

Find the deadlines

How the deadlines are counted

Backwards from the end of the term.

The worked example: counting backPhone service endsMar 31, 2027end of the termNotice 2 monthsJan 31, 2027same day, two months backFrom Nov 11, 202681 daysleft to send noticeCopier leasePassedneeded by Nov 2The worked example: counting backPhone service endsMar 31, 2027end of the termNotice 2 monthsJan 31, 2027same day, two months backFrom Nov 11, 202681 daysleft to send noticeCopier leasePassedneeded by Nov 2
Notice deadlines come well before the end date, which is why auto-renewing contracts are easy to miss.

The arithmetic

A notice period in days is subtracted from the end date. A period in months goes back the same number of calendar months to the same day; if that month is shorter, the last day of the month is used. Days left are counted from the date you choose. Some contracts count notice from the renewal date (the day after the term ends) or require it to be received, not sent, by the deadline; the contract's wording decides.

Giving notice

Use the method the contract names, often in writing to a specific address, and keep proof of delivery. Rules on automatic renewal differ by state and by type of contract; the Federal Trade Commission has guidance for consumers on cancelling subscriptions. This page does date arithmetic, not legal advice.

Sources

  1. Federal Trade Commission. Consumer advice: how to cancel subscriptions and automatic renewals (consumer.ftc.gov).
  2. Federal Trade Commission. Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act (ROSCA), 15 U.S.C. 8401 to 8405: negative option and automatic renewal terms online (ftc.gov).
  3. U.S. Small Business Administration. Contracts and agreements for small businesses (sba.gov).
  4. National Institute of Standards and Technology. Time and frequency: the Gregorian calendar (nist.gov).

The worked example is made up. The contract's wording decides; this is not legal advice. Your dates stay in this browser. Support: team@caveatacademic.com.