Excel Formula: Add business days to date
When you start a project that needs 35 business days to complete, you may want to know which date is the end date. In Excel, the WORKDAY function or the WORKDAY.INTL function can help you.
WORKDAY function: add business days to a date excluding Saturday and Sunday and holidays.
WORKDAT.INTL function: add business days to date excluding certain days (custom weekend) and holidays.
WORKDAY Function
Generic formula:
| WORKDAY(start_date, days, [holidays]) |
Arguments
| Star_date: the start date that used to calculate the end date. |
| Days: the number of business days that you want to add. |
| Holidays: a list of dates that you want to exclude when calculating. |
How this formula work
Example 1: Add business days excluding weekend to a date
To add 30 business days to the date in cell B3, please use below formula:
| =WORKDAY(B3,30) |
Or If the cell B4 contains the argument days, you can use the formula:
| =WORKDAY(B3,C3) |
Press Enter key to get a serial number, see screenshot:
Then format the result cell to a date format.
Keep the result cell selected, click Home > Number Format drop down list, then select Short Date or Long Date.
Example 2: Add business days excluding weekend and holidays to a date
The start date is in cell B3, the number of business days needed to be added is in cell C3, holidays dates are listed in F3:F5, please use below formula:
| =WORKDAY(B3,C3, $F$3:$F$5) |
Press Enter key to get a serial number, see screenshot:
If the result is a date format, click Home > Number Format drop down list, then select Short Date or Long Date.
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WORKDAY.INTL Function
Generic formula:
| WORKDAY.INTL(start_date, days, [weekend],[holidays]) |
Arguments
| Star_date: the start date that used to calculate the end date. |
| Days: the number of business days that you want to add. |
| Weekend: A number or a serial number determines which days of week are considered as weekends in the formula. If it is omitted, it takes Saturday and Sunday as weekends by default. |
| Holidays: a list of dates that you want to exclude when calculating. |
| Number | Weekend Days |
| 1(default) | Saturday and Sunday |
| 2 | Sunday and Monday |
| 3 | Monday and Tuesday |
| 4 | Tuesday and Wednesday |
| 5 | Wednesday and Thursday |
| 6 | Thursday and Friday |
| 7 | Friday and Saturday |
| 11 | Sunday only |
| 12 | Monday only |
| 13 | Tuesday only |
| 14 | Wednesday only |
| 15 | Thursday only |
| 16 | Friday only |
| 17 | Saturday only |
How this formula work
Example 1: Add business days excluding Monday to a date
In cell B3 is the start date, cell C3 is the number of business days you want to add, please use below formula:
| =WORKDAY.INTL(B3,C3,12) |
Press Enter key, if it gets a serial number as result, please click Home > Number Format drop down list, then select Short Date or Long Date.
Example 2: Add business days excluding Sunday and Monday and holidays to a date
The start date is in cell B3, the business days needed to be added in cell C3 which is 69, and holidays are listed in F3:F5, please use below formula:
| =WORKDAY.INTL(B3,C3,2,$F$3:$F$5) |
Press Enter key to get a serial number, see screenshot:
Click here to know more details about WORKDAY.INTL function
Sample File
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