Computation of Time

(a) General. In computing any period of time prescribed or allowed by these rules, order of the Court, or any applicable statute, the day of the act, event, or default after which the designated period of time begins to run, is not included. Unless the Court otherwise orders, the last day of the period so computed is included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday, in which event the period runs until the end of the next day that is neither a Saturday, Sunday, nor federal holiday. When the period of time prescribed or allowed is less than seven days, intervening Saturdays, Sundays and federal holidays are excluded from the computation. When a period of time is computed under these rules from the date of the decision of a Court of Criminal Appeals, such time is computed from the date of such decision, unless a petition for reconsideration is timely filed or the Court of Criminal Appeals sua sponte reconsiders its decision, in which event the period of time is computed from the date of final action on the petition for reconsideration. (b) Additional Time When Service Is Not Made Electronically. Whenever a party has the right or is required to do some act within a prescribed period after the issuance of an order or the filing of a notice, pleading, or other paper relative to a case when service thereof is made by mail, seven days are added to the prescribed period if the party upon whom the service is made is within the limits of the contiguous forty-eight states or the District of Columbia, and fifteen days will be added if the party is located outside these limits, including the states of Alaska and Hawaii. If service is made by delivery to a commercial third-party carrier, an additional three days are added to the prescribed period, regardless of the location where service is made. The Judge Advocate General must file the record as soon as practicable after the Court dockets any action pursuant to Rule 4. See Rule 27(a) and (b).