Easily count the total number of days except weekends (both Saturday and Sunday) in Excel

This section will introduce formulas to count the numbers of days except Sunday in a date range in Excel. Please do as follows:

Select a blank cell you will return the number of days except Sunday, enter the formula =SUM(IF(WEEKDAY(ROW(INDIRECT(B1&":"&B2)),2)<>7, 1,0)) (B1 is the start date, and B2 is the end date) into it, and press the Ctrl + Shift + Enter keys at the same time.

And then you will get the total number of days except Sunday in the specified date range. See screenshot:

Notes:

(1) You can also apply the formula =SUMPRODUCT((WEEKDAY(ROW(INDIRECT(B1&":"&B2)),2)<>7)*1) (B1 is start date and B2 is end date) to count the number of all days except Sunday in the specified date range.

(2) This array formula =SUM(IF(TEXT(ROW(INDIRECT(B1&":"&B2)), "ddd")<>"Sun", 1, 0)) (B1 is start date and B2 is end date; and please remember to press the Ctrl + Shift + End keys simultaneously to finish the array formula) can also count the days except Sunday in the specified date range.

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This section will introduce Kutools for Excel’s Count the number of specific weekday formula to count the number of days except Sunday in Excel. Please do as follows:

 

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1. Select the blank cell you will return the number of Sunday, and click Kutools > Formulas > Count the number of specific weekday. See left screenshot:

2. In the opening Formula Helper dialog box, please specify the start date and end date as you need, type 1 into the Weekday box, and click the Ok button.

And then you will get the number of Sunday in the specified date range.

Note: You can directly type the start date or end date into corresponding box as “1/1/2015”.

3. Select a blank cell you will return the number of days except Sunday, enter the formula =(B2-B1+1)-B3 (B2 is the end date, B1 is the start date, and B3 is the cell with total number of Sunday) and press the Enter key. And then you will get the number of days except Sunday in the specified date range. See screenshot:

2. In the opening Formula Helper dialog box, specify the start date and end date as you need, and click the Ok button. See screenshot:

And then you will get the number of all days except weekends (Saturday and Sunday) in the specified date range.

Note: You can directly type the start date or end date into corresponding box as “1/1/2015”.

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