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Business Days Calculator

Business days between two dates, or the date a number of business days lands on. A thirty day deadline and thirty working days differ by nearly two weeks, and contracts that fail to say which they mean produce exactly that dispute.

Also called: working days calculator, business day counter.

Business days
64

64 business days between 2026-01-01 and 2026-03-31, out of 90 calendar days. 26 days are non-working on a five day week. Enter a number of business days to add and the page will give the date it lands on.

Calendar days
90
Non-working days
26
Whole weeks
12
Working hours at eight a day
512
Start falls on a
Thursday
On the difference
26 days are non-working on a five day week.
On the deadline
Enter a number of business days to add and the page will give the date it lands on.
Method and background

How this is calculated

The range is walked day by day, skipping the rest days of the pattern you choose and deducting holidays. The working week is an input because five days is a regional convention: much of the Middle East works Sunday to Thursday and a six day week is common across South Asia. Adding business days works the same way in reverse, stepping forward and skipping rest days, which is how a notice period or a settlement window actually counts.

a working day is not a calendar day, and contracts that mix the two produce deadlines nearly two weeks apart
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Worked examples

Each of these is asserted on every build. If a change to the engine ever moved one of these answers, the build would fail before the page could print it.

a quarter of the year

From
2026-01-01
To
2026-03-31
Working week
Monday to Friday
Public holidays in the range
0
Count the end date
Yes
Or, add this many business days to the start
0

Business days64

90 days inclusive, of which 26 fall at weekends

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thirty business days is six weeks of calendar time

From
2026-01-01
To
2026-01-01
Working week
Monday to Friday
Public holidays in the range
0
Count the end date
Yes
Or, add this many business days to the start
30

Business days1

boundary: the gap that contracts silently disagree about

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Method and limits

What it assumes

  • UTC midnight throughout, so daylight saving cannot shift a day.

What it deliberately does not model

  • Public holidays vary by country and region, so they are a count you supply rather than a lookup.
  • Half days and regional holidays that fall on a weekend are not modelled.

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Frequently asked questions

Why does a 30 day deadline differ from 30 working days?
Because thirty working days spans about six weeks of calendar time. A contract that says thirty days without specifying which means two parties reading it differently by nearly two weeks.
Why is the working week an input?
Because Monday to Friday is a regional convention. Much of the Middle East works Sunday to Thursday, and six day weeks are common across South Asia.