calendar day

Single dated unit

A calendar day is the full 24-hour period from midnight to midnight, as marked on a calendar.

The term distinguishes complete days from partial days or working hours: The package will arrive within three calendar days.

Legal and business contexts use it to clarify deadlines that include weekends and holidays, unlike "business days."

Related

twenty-four hours · around the clock · morning · noon · leap day · red-letter day · bank holiday · circadian rhythm · evening · schedule · night · timeline · chronology · tick · sleep-wake cycle · yesterday · holiday · square

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Opposites
time measurement type

calendar daybusiness day

Standard professional operating day

work shift · man-hour · work day · working day · school day

work/scheduling context

calendar daywork shift

Scheduled period of duty

shift · business day · working hours · office hours · graveyard shift

time precision

calendar dayhour

Sixty-minute span

minute · moment · instant · split second

Family

diary, days, calendar, daylight, calendars, calendar days

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G