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Business Days Calculator

Count or shift business days with validated holidays, custom weekends, and explicit endpoint policies.

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Reviewed July 13, 2026

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About this tool

Work out how many business days sit between two dates when planning delivery windows, project timing, or response SLAs.

Business Days Calculator is useful when the question is not just how many days exist between two dates, but how many working weekdays actually fit inside that window. It helps with delivery estimates, SLAs, project timing, and operational planning where weekends should not count.

  • Counts business days in a bounded range with independent start and end inclusion rules.
  • Adds or subtracts business days from a start date with an explicit start-count policy.
  • Validates supplied holidays and exposes weekend overlaps, duplicates, and out-of-range dates.

How to use Business Days Calculator

Select the start and end dates, review the weekday count, and use the result in the schedule or estimate you are preparing. If the workflow also depends on regional holidays, treat this output as a baseline and adjust it with the holiday calendar used by your team or client.

When this tool is useful

  • Counts business days in a bounded range with independent start and end inclusion rules.
  • Adds or subtracts business days from a start date with an explicit start-count policy.
  • Validates supplied holidays and exposes weekend overlaps, duplicates, and out-of-range dates.

Examples you can test

Load an example, compare the result with the expected output, then replace it with your own input.

Plan a five-day review window

Example input

Start date: 2026-06-10, business days: 5

Expected output

Due date excluding weekends

Useful for internal review deadlines where weekends should not count.

Count workdays between dates

Example input

Start: 2026-06-01, end: 2026-06-30

Expected output

Number of weekdays in the range

Use this for rough capacity planning, then adjust manually for holidays.

Validation checklist

  • Confirm whether the start date should be included in the count.
  • Adjust for public holidays or company closures if they matter.
  • Check date ranges that cross weekends, months, or years.

Frequently asked questions

Does this exclude public holidays?

Yes, when you supply the applicable holiday dates. The tool validates each YYYY-MM-DD entry but does not infer a country or region calendar.

Can I count the same day as one business day?

Yes, when both endpoint switches include it and the date is neither a configured weekend nor a supplied holiday. Excluding either endpoint makes a same-day range contain zero evaluated days.

Can I count business days forward from a start date instead of between two dates?

Yes. Add or subtract up to 10,000 business days and choose whether an eligible start date counts toward the requested total.

How does the tool handle date ranges that span a year boundary?

Year and leap-day boundaries are handled with strict Gregorian UTC dates between 1900 and 2100. Range counting is limited to 3,660 calendar days.

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