Free Tool
Federal Time Off Optimizer
Plan your credit hours and annual leave to create the longest possible breaks around federal holidays. Enter your schedule once — get a ranked list of every bridge-day opportunity this year.
Your Information
Enter your pay period anchor date and current leave balances. All results are calculated on this page — nothing is stored.
Select or enter the pay date (Block 2) of your most recent LES.
Current balance, 0–24. Hours above 24 at pay period end are forfeited.
Your current annual leave balance in hours.
Your current sick leave balance in hours.
Your current time-off award leave balance in hours.
Determines your annual leave carryover limit at the end of the leave year.
Some federal employees work weekends. Enabling this makes Saturday and Sunday clickable on the calendar.
Credit Hour Strategy
How should bridge days be auto-filled on the calendar?
Which direction should the bridge day extend the break?
Take bridge days before, after, or both sides of the holiday?
Auto-fill credit hour days during the holiday window?
Planned Leave
Pre-fill date ranges with a leave type before calculating. Each range fills every workday between the start and end dates.
Your Results
Bridge Day Opportunities
Exceeds 24h cap — hours above 24 will be forfeited.