how long was the government shutdown in 2019

The 2019 government shutdown lasted 35 days. It began at midnight EST on December 22, 2018, and ended on January 25, 2019. This shutdown was the longest in U.S. history, caused by a budget impasse over funding for a U.S.–Mexico border wall, and it affected around 800,000 federal employees who were furloughed or required to work without pay.