Official Calendar:
Article 30.7 of Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on the Common Administration Procedure of Public Administrations, provides that the General State Administration, subject to the official labour calendar, shall establish, on its assigned scope, the calendar of non-working days which is to be used for term calculation purposes. On the other hand, for the first time, Article 30.2 of the aforementioned law excludes Saturdays as working days for term calculation purposes.
In accordance with the stipulations set forth in the articles, the Resolution of 16 November 2023, issued by the Secretary of State for the Civil Service, has established the non-working days 2024 calendar. This information is also available for download in printable calendar format from the General Access Point.
Official date and time:
Article 31.2 of Law 39/2015, of 1 October, on the Common Administration Procedure of Public Administrations, provides that the electronic registry of each Administration or Institutions shall be governed, for the purposes of calculation of terms, by the official time and date of the electronic office accessed, which must have the necessary safety measures to guarantee its integrity and be visible and accessible.
Likewise, article 11.1 (f) of Royal Decree 203/2021, of 30 March, establishes that electronic offices shall indicate the official date and time for the purposes set out in the previous paragraph.
Finally, Article 15.2 of Royal Decree 4/2010, of 8 January, regulating the National Interoperability Scheme within the Electronic Administration, notes that synchronisation of date and time shall be carried out with the Spanish Navy Observatory (hereinafter, the ROA) in accordance with the provisions on legal time set forth in Royal Decree 1308/1992, of 23 October.
In accordance with these provisions, the official time and date of this Central Electronic Office are visible and permanently updated in the header of this website. If an error occurs while consulting the ROA, the clock shall show this website server’s time until a new consultation of the ROA is carried out.
