Put California Court Deadlines on Your Outlook Calendar

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Every date a calculator here computes has an Add to Outlook button. It downloads a calendar file built in your browser: an all-day entry titled with the deadline and its rule, such as "Opposition due (CCP § 1005(b))", with a reminder and a link back to the calculator.

One deadline or the whole chain

Add to Outlook sits beside each computed date. It downloads one entry for that deadline.
Export all to Outlook sits under the result. It downloads your deadlines in the result that have not already passed, in one file. On a motion the other side's dates stay out of it; add one of those with its own button if you want it.

The two agree with each other. A deadline gets the same identifier whichever button made it, so adding one date now and exporting the chain later updates that entry instead of making a second one.

What goes in each entry

The title: the deadline and its rule. No case information unless you type a case name.
An all-day date, marked free so it does not block your time.
The description: the authority, how the date was counted, a line telling you to verify the date against the rule, and a link to the calculator.
A reminder. You choose none, 1 day before, 2 days before, 7 days before. The default is 2 days before.

The case name and the reminder are under Calendar entry options, next to the export button. A case name goes in front of every title and makes the entries separate from the same deadlines in another case.

Opening the file

Classic Outlook for Windows: if Outlook opens .ics files on your computer, opening the file adds it. If not, use File, Open & Export, Import/Export, then import an iCalendar (.ics) file.
Outlook on the web: Calendar, Add calendar, Upload from file, then Import.
Google Calendar: Settings, Import & export, Import.

The same file works in Apple Calendar and anything else that reads iCalendar.

Outlook on the web links

Each Add to Outlook button also has two links under Outlook on the web, one for a work or school account and one for a personal Outlook.com account. They open a new all-day event in Outlook with the deadline filled in, so there is no file to import.

Two things to know before you click one. First, the deadline's name, its date and the rule travel to Microsoft in the link itself. Your case name never does, and neither do the inputs you typed into the calculator. Second, Microsoft does not document this kind of link. If it changes, the link opens your calendar instead of a new event, and the download still works.

What stays on your computer

The calendar file is put together by the page and handed to your browser as a download. It is not sent to this site or anywhere else. The case name is kept only while the page is open. The reminder choice is remembered in your browser so you do not have to pick it again.

Dates that follow the case

A downloaded file is a snapshot. If the hearing moves, the entries are wrong until you export again. Two feeds keep themselves current instead:

Court closures. The court holidays page has one-click subscribe buttons for Outlook, Google and Apple Calendar. The feed address is https://calcourtdeadlines.com/california-court-holidays.ics. It needs no account.
Your saved matters. Save a result as a matter in the case organizer and subscribe once from your account page. Every matter you save joins the same feed, and the dates move when you recalculate.
The Outlook add-in. It runs the calculators in a pane beside your mail and opens any computed date as a pre-filled Outlook appointment, which you check and save. It does not change your calendar on its own. How to install the Outlook add-in.

Calculators with the Outlook buttons include civil motions, summary judgment, discovery responses, depositions, ex parte and trial countdown.

FAQ

How do I add a California court deadline to Outlook?

Run the calculator for the deadline, then press Add to Outlook beside the date. The site builds a calendar file in your browser and your computer downloads it. Classic Outlook for Windows adds it when you open the file. In Outlook on the web, use Calendar, Add calendar, Upload from file, then Import. Export all to Outlook does the same for every deadline in the result at once.

Is my case information sent anywhere when I export?

No. The calendar file is assembled by the page itself and handed to your browser as a download. Nothing about the result goes to this site or anyone else. The case name box is optional, blank by default, and is cleared when you leave the page. The one exception is the Outlook on the web link, if you choose to click it: that address carries the deadline's name, its date and the rule to Microsoft, and never the case name.

Will the Outlook entry update if the hearing moves?

No. A downloaded file is a snapshot. Run the calculator again with the new hearing date and export again: each deadline keeps the same identifier, so Outlook updates the entry for a deadline whose date did not change and adds the one that did. Delete the old date by hand. If you want dates that follow the case, save it as a matter in the case organizer and subscribe to your docket instead.

How do I get California court holidays into Outlook?

Subscribe to the closures feed on the court holidays page. It lists every statewide court holiday as an all-day entry marked free, so it will not make you look busy, and your calendar picks up corrections on its own.

Rules verified September 29, 2026 · CCP amendments through January 1, 2026, and AB 540 (Stats. 2026, ch. 263) from January 1, 2027 · engine v1.3.0