FOIA Response Deadline 20 Working Days Lookup
FOIA caller independently eligible receipt and applicable working-day window, excludes weekends and explicit holidays AFTER receipt; 20-day title not universal response/production entitlement, tolling/extensions external. Caller independently verifies context, evidence, reference edition and applicability; not factual authenticity, current legal advice or publication clearance.
Description
A working-day deadline excludes designated non-working days under an applicable rule.
A working-day deadline excludes designated non-working days under an applicable rule.1
Receipt eligibility, holidays, tolling and extensions must be established separately before treating the calculated date as a legal deadline.
When to use FOIA Response Deadline 20 Working Days Lookup
Use this tool to calculate or review the supplied observations under the stated rules. Establish the reviewed evidence, house style or applicable jurisdiction and dated reference.
How to use FOIA Response Deadline 20 Working Days Lookup and understand its results
- Establish the reviewed evidence, house style or applicable jurisdiction and dated reference.
- Enter callerEligibleReceiptDate, callerApplicableWorkingDayWindow, callerVerifiedExcludedFederalHolidayDates, using the field meanings and rules below, then run the tool.
- Read callerWorkingDayResponseDeadline, using the output meanings and calculation rules below.
- Correct any reported input issue and run again. Before using a successful result, check the stated units, signs, reference scope and observation coverage.
| Input field | Meaning | Value type | Requirement |
|---|---|---|---|
| callerEligibleReceiptDate | Caller eligible receipt date | string | Required |
| callerApplicableWorkingDayWindow | Caller applicable working day window | number | Required |
| callerVerifiedExcludedFederalHolidayDates | Caller verified excluded federal holiday dates | list of string | Required |
Enter a real YYYY-MM-DD receipt date, a safe-integer working-day window in 0..1000 and explicit unique real holiday dates. Starting after receipt, advance through UTC dates and count only Monday–Friday dates not listed as holidays. A zero-day window returns the receipt date even on a holiday or weekend; result dates must retain four-digit years.
deadline=advanceAfterReceiptUntilCountedWeekdaysExcludingCallerHolidays=windowDays Use the matching field units and the exact boundary, ordering and reference rules above.
| Output field | Meaning | Value type |
|---|---|---|
| callerWorkingDayResponseDeadline | Caller working day response deadline | string |
{
"input": {
"callerEligibleReceiptDate": "2026-01-02",
"callerApplicableWorkingDayWindow": 20,
"callerVerifiedExcludedFederalHolidayDates": [
"2026-01-19"
]
},
"output": {
"callerWorkingDayResponseDeadline": "2026-02-02"
}
}Limitations and assumptions
There is no built-in holiday calendar, receipt-eligibility determination, tolling, extension or records-production guarantee. The title's twenty days is not imposed: the applicable window must be supplied.
Missing required fields, unknown fields, wrong types and violated rules return input issues. Numeric values and outputs must be finite. Lists and matrices must be dense, without missing cells. Numeric lists allow at most 10000 entries; ordinary string lists allow at most 128 strings of 128 UTF-16 units each; numeric matrices allow at most 128 rows and 128 columns, subject to narrower requirements above.
Alternative or Complementary methods
For a related step, use State Open Records Deadline Variance Lookup: Open-records timing depends on the applicable jurisdiction, agency and request circumstances. For a complementary comparison, use FOIA Fee Category Media Waiver Lookup: Records-request fees and waivers depend on requester classification and applicable agency standards.
References
Similar or alternative tools
- State Open Records Deadline Variance Lookup
Open-records timing depends on the applicable jurisdiction, agency and request circumstances.
- FOIA Fee Category Media Waiver Lookup
Records-request fees and waivers depend on requester classification and applicable agency standards.