Signing and publication dates for 693 US executive orders

A US executive order is signed by the President and then published in the Federal Register, usually days later ¹. The signature date and the publication date are separate facts in the record ¹. This table lists executive orders returned by the official Federal Register API on 6 November 2026, newest first, with the signer, both dates, the gap in days and the Federal Register citation ¹. Publication of executive orders is required by the Federal Register Act ².