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HRS §1-29

Counting days for legal deadlines

This section explains how to count days for any legal deadline. You skip the first day and count the last day, unless the last day is a Sunday or holiday (then you skip it too). If court rules say so, you also skip a Saturday deadline.

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The statute, as written — Computation of time

The time in which any act provided by law is to be done is computed by excluding the first day and including the last, unless the last day is a Sunday or holiday and then it is also excluded. When so provided by the rules of court, the last day also shall be excluded if it is a Saturday.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

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