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Hours, holiday closures, and special hours

How to enter hours so the Open now status and sorting are always right.

Weekly hours

Each day in the Hours grid has a Closed checkbox and opening and closing times.

What you enterWhat visitors see
Opens 9:00 AM, closes 5:00 PMOpen until 5:00 pm
Closed checkedClosed that day
Both times blankHours not listed for that day
Same opening and closing time, like 12:00 AM to 12:00 AMOpen 24 hours
Closing time earlier than opening time, like 7:00 PM to 7:00 AMOpen past midnight (good for overnight shelters)

Copy Monday to weekdays fills Tuesday through Friday from Monday.

Use the Hours note for anything a weekly grid cannot show, like “2nd and 4th Tuesdays” or “Call for an appointment”.

Holiday closures and special hours

Under the weekly grid, Holiday closures and special hours lets you change a single date.

  1. Click Add a date.
  2. Pick the date.
  3. Check Closed, or enter that day’s hours.
  4. Add a short note if you like, such as “Thanksgiving”.
  5. Update the resource.

That date replaces the weekly hours everywhere: the status label (for example “Closed today (Thanksgiving)”), the Open now filter, and the order of the list. During the week before a change, cards show a “Schedule change” notice, and resource pages list upcoming changes. Past dates are removed automatically the next time you update.

How Open now works

Open now uses the timezone in Settings > General, so make sure it is set to your city.

Places are listed open now first, then those opening later today, then closed, then those without hours. Labels read like “Open until 5:00 pm”, “Opens at 9:00 am”, or “Closed until Monday at 9:00 am”. They are recalculated in the visitor’s browser and refresh every minute, so they stay correct even when your site uses page caching.

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