Working days calculator
Count the working days between two dates, or find the date a number of working days away, with weekends and public holidays for your country taken out.
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How working days are counted
The calculator goes through every date in the period, skips the weekend days for your country and any public holiday that falls on a working day, and counts what’s left. By default it counts both the start date and the end date, which is how most people count a run of days off or a project timetable. Untick that option to count the days after the start date only, as many legal notice periods do.
Weekends by country
| Country | Weekend |
|---|---|
| US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Europe | Saturday and Sunday |
| United Arab Emirates | Saturday and Sunday since January 2022 (government offices also close on Friday afternoon) |
| Saudi Arabia | Friday and Saturday |
Many businesses in the Gulf work a six-day week. If yours does, choose “Friday only” or “Sunday only”.
Which public holidays are included
- UK: bank holidays for England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland, taken from GOV.UK, including extra days such as coronations.
- United States: the 11 federal holidays, moved to the Friday or Monday when they fall on a weekend, as federal offices do. Private employers and states may differ.
- Canada: the federal statutory holidays in the Canada Labour Code. Provinces set their own lists for most workers; for example Ontario adds Family Day and doesn’t include the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
- Australia: the holidays kept in every state and territory. Add your state’s own days, such as Labour Day or Melbourne Cup Day, yourself.
- New Zealand: the national public holidays including Matariki, with weekend holidays moved to the Monday as the Holidays Act requires. Regional anniversary days aren’t included.
- UAE and Saudi Arabia: the official holidays, including Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha. Islamic holidays follow the lunar calendar, so dates in future years are expected dates until the moon sighting confirms them.
- Europe: holidays vary by country, so only weekends are taken out.
Adding working days to a date
Choose “A date plus working days” to find a deadline, for example 10 working days for a refund or 20 working days to answer a request. The count starts on the day after the start date. Enter a negative number to count backwards.
For plain calendar days, ages and the time between two dates, use the age and date calculator.
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