A Practice Note explaining how to compute time periods for deadlines in Florida state-court litigation. Specifically, this Note addresses how to compute time periods using the method prescribed by the Florida Rules of General Practice and Judicial Administration, including forward and backward counting deadlines, deadlines of seven days or more, deadlines of seven days or less, and deadlines set in hours. This Note also explains how to identify the triggering event in a rule that sets a deadline, and how to account for automatic extensions of time, including service-based extensions, weekends and legal holidays, and extensions ordered by the chief justice of the Florida Supreme Court for public emergencies.