Legal Deadline Calculator

German Official Deadline Calculator (Fristenrechner)

Calculate the exact legal deadline for replying to an authority or filing a formal objection (Widerspruch).

Date of the Letter (Datum des Schreibens)

Delivery Method:

Standard Post (3-day delivery fiction — § 41 VwVfG)Yellow Envelope (Gelber Brief — handwritten delivery date)Actual date received in person

Stated deadline period (Frist):

Exact Legal Deadline:

Monday, December 14, 2026

must arrive by 23:59 CET

Time remaining: 33 days

•Standard mail is legally assumed delivered on the 3rd day after posting (Drei-Tages-Fiktion).
•For formal delivery letters (Gelber Brief), the deadline starts strictly on the delivery date written on the envelope by the postman.
•If a deadline ends on a Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday, it automatically rolls over to 23:59 of the next working day (Monday)!