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Count business days between two dates, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, with customizable workweeks (Mon–Fri, Mon–Sat, or Sun–Thu) for HR leave tracking and T+3 settlement.
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Generated on May 23, 2026
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Add specific dates that are holidays. They'll be excluded from working days even if they fall on a working weekday.
Count business days between two dates, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, with customizable workweeks (Mon–Fri, Mon–Sat, or Sun–Thu) for HR leave tracking and T+3 settlement.
A working days calculator counts the number of Monday–Friday weekdays between two dates, excluding Saturdays and Sundays. It is essential for HR departments counting leave balances, project managers estimating business-day deadlines, finance teams calculating settlement dates (T+1, T+3, T+5 conventions), freelancers billing by the business day, and legal professionals respecting court filing deadlines that run on working days only. The calculator handles ranges of any length, including periods that start or end mid-week, and correctly identifies every weekend day to subtract from the total.
Formula
Working Days = Total Days − Weekend Days (number of Saturdays + number of Sundays in the range).Most people end up here because HR sent back a leave balance that doesn't match what they thought they had, or because a contract clause reads 'within 30 working days' and they need the exact deadline. Either way, calendar-day counting won't help — weekends matter. Pakistani private-sector employees typically work 260 days a year (52 weeks times 5 days), while many retail businesses run 6-day weeks (around 312 working days). UAE and Saudi public sector run Sun to Thu. Your workweek depends on your country, your industry, and sometimes your specific employer — which is why this calculator now lets you tick exactly which days of the week count as working. The classic landmines: 10 working days from a Wednesday lands two Tuesdays later, not the following Friday. T+3 settlement on a Thursday trade lands on the following Tuesday because the weekend doesn't count. A 30-working-day legal deadline from April 1 lands around mid-May, not April 30. Pro tip: this calculator doesn't subtract public holidays automatically because they vary too much by jurisdiction — Pakistan has 10 to 14 a year, the UAE has different ones, Saudi different again. Get the working-day count first, then manually subtract any holidays in your range. For FBR filings, court submissions, payroll cutoffs, and consultant invoicing, that two-step process gets you the correct answer every time.
A working days calculator counts the number of Monday–Friday weekdays between two dates, excluding Saturdays and Sundays. It is essential for HR departments counting leave balances, project managers estimating business-day deadlines, finance teams calculating settlement dates (T+1, T+3, T+5 conventions), freelancers billing by the business day, and legal professionals respecting court filing deadlines that run on working days only. The calculator handles ranges of any length, including periods that start or end mid-week, and correctly identifies every weekend day to subtract from the total.
The calculator iterates day by day through the date range, counting each occurrence of Saturday (day 6 in JavaScript's Date.getDay()) and Sunday (day 0). Working days are what remains after subtracting weekends from the total range length. This day-by-day approach correctly handles any range, including edge cases like a three-day range that starts on Friday (two weekend days, one working day) or a range that spans exactly one week (five working days, two weekend days).
Typical business-day counts by period (assuming Mon-Fri, excluding weekends only).
| Period | Calendar Days | Working Days (5-day) | Working Days (6-day) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 week | 7 | 5 | 6 |
| 1 month (avg) | 30.44 | ~21.75 | ~26.10 |
| 1 quarter | 91.3 | ~65 | ~78 |
| Half year | 182.6 | ~130 | ~156 |
| 1 year | 365 | ~260 | ~312 |
| 2 years | 730 | ~520 | ~624 |
Pakistani private-sector employees typically work 260 days/year (52 weeks × 5 days).
Retail and service businesses in Pakistan commonly use 6-day workweek (312 working days/year).
Full-time 8-hour workdays × 260 days = 2,080 working hours/year — the basis for US federal salary conventions.
A standard 3-month project = ~65 working days; 6-month = ~130; 1-year = ~260.
January 1 to January 31 in 2024 contains 31 total days, 23 working days, and 8 weekend days — a typical full month.
A 100-calendar-day project window typically contains about 71 working days, because roughly 29 days fall on weekends.
Two weeks of vacation (14 calendar days) equals 10 working days to deduct from the employee's leave balance.
Financial settlement 'T+3 working days' means three business days after the trade, skipping any intervening weekends.
A court filing deadline of '30 working days from notice' in a notice issued on April 1 lands around May 13 (after removing ~9 weekend days).
Freelance consultant billing: a 6-month engagement equals roughly 130 working days, the correct basis for daily-rate invoicing.
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