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Why April Fools' Day is on April 1
April Fools' Day on April 1 has been a licence for hoaxes since at least the 1500s, with one theory tying it to the shift from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar and those who kept celebrating the new year in spring. The modern form owes a lot to the media: the BBC's 1957 spaghetti-harvest film is still the benchmark, and for a while every technology company felt obliged to ship a fake product.
Planning ahead
If you are planning something at work, the reliable rule is that the joke should cost the target nothing — no fake outages, no fake resignations, no fake invoices. Brand pranks have fallen out of fashion for the same reason: the ones people remember fondly are harmless, and the ones they remember angrily involved someone's money or time.
About this countdown
April Fools' Day falls on April 1 each year. This page counts whole days from today (in your timezone) to the next April Fools' Day, and updates automatically. Need the gap between any two dates instead? Use the full Age Calculator.
FAQ
When is April Fools' Day?
April Fools' Day falls on April 1 each year.
How many days until April Fools' Day?
This page shows the exact number of days remaining until the next April Fools' Day, and it updates automatically each day.
Why is April 1 April Fools Day?
Nobody knows for certain. The most cited theory involves the 16th-century calendar change, when those still marking the new year around April 1 were mocked as fools.
Is April Fools Day a public holiday?
No, it is not a holiday anywhere — just a widely observed custom, and in most workplaces an increasingly cautious one.
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