Random Anvil

Random Date Generator (Month and Day, No Year)

Random dates with the year left off — "August 9" or "08-09". Uses a full year so every month and day is possible, including February 29 if you choose a leap year range.

Settings

Holiday coverage and sources

National or federal rules only. UK means England and Wales. Regional, company and exceptional holidays may differ; add those in the custom box. This is a recurring-rule calculator, not a complete historical holiday archive.

Official references: US federal holidays · UK bank holidays · Australia by state and territory · Canada federal general holidays · Germany holiday calendar. Reference links checked October 14, 2026; this does not certify every historical or future date.

For Canada, this calculator uses next-weekday substitutes as a planning convention; employer schedules may use a different day.

Output options

Result

Holiday rules version . National / federal holidays only — add regional or company days in the custom box. Calculations run in your browser. Shared URLs include your settings; see the privacy page.

Random month and day

Sometimes the year is irrelevant: picking a random birthday for a character, choosing a date for an annual event, drawing a "day of the year" for a raffle, or generating placeholder anniversaries. This page outputs just the month and day, in either Month D or MM-DD form (change it under Output options).

Try a birthday or anniversary list

For fictional birthdays, select the full 2026 year, choose 10 dates and keep weekends and holidays included. The output uses month names without a year. This samples days uniformly, so months with more days have more possible results. Try 10 month-and-day dates.

February 29

The default range is the current calendar year. If you want February 29 to be a possible result, set the range to a leap year such as 2028; if you never want it, use a non-leap year.

Weekdays and holidays

Weekday and holiday exclusion still work — they are applied to the underlying full date before the year is dropped, so "random weekday in March" is one preset away. For full dates use the random date between two dates generator.

Frequently asked questions

Does it show the weekday?

It can — tick "Show weekday" under Output options — but note the weekday depends on the year used for the range.

Can I get MM/DD with a slash?

The no-year formats are "Month D" and "MM-DD". Copy the MM-DD list and replace the dash if you need a slash.