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The Ultimate Date Calculator is an industrial-strength date calculator designed and written by a lawyer for use in commercial, government & professional environments, and it is also simple enough for home use.

It includes a number of different tools, and allows the user to store all calculations to disk and present them in alternate report formats that include paper, web page, RTF, CSV and SYLK files. It stores multiple calculations in a table so the series of calculations can go into a single report. You have the option of excluding from the calculations days such as weekends and holidays.

It uses a combination of tabs and wizards to guide the user through each calculation, and has extensive context-sensitive help, while the Start page provides an easy departure point for novice users.

The Interval tool calculates the difference between dates, while the Math tool adds/subtracts any number of days, months and years to/from another date, optionally skipping weekends and holidays.

There is a perpetual calendar to display a calendar for any month of any year and a Multiple tool, which calculates the number of days, weeks and years between a series of events and sorts the results into date order.

The Repeat tool finds all recurring dates such as paydays, loan repayment dates, electricity due dates etc. and collates them into a unified list for budgeting and planning.

The Chronology tool is designed for serious use by lawyers and other professionals. It has many options for describing dates, including 'approximate', 'June-July 97' etc and even collates dates and times that cross time zones.

The Plan tool lets you design master plans that you can implement in seconds. It instantly calculates any number of steps/events that occur a number of days months or years before or after one or more reference points. Therefore it calculates things such as a lawyer's case plan, a sales follow-up procedure, or even the major events in a pregnancy. The tool also lets you design custom rich text format reports that incorporate the plan.

The Pro-Rata tool splits an amount, such as an electricity bill, between a number of different parties based on time and usage, then displays detailed calculations that will satisfy each party.

Finally, there is a Birthdays tool that instantly shows each person's current age and zodiac (star) sign, a tool for converting Astronomical Julian Dates, and a Notes tab for recording notes about the other calculations.