Count the working days between two dates. Pick a country and the calculator removes weekends and that country's public holidays, so you see the real number of working days in the range.
Enter a start date and an end date.
Both the start date and the end date are counted, so a single weekday counts as one working day. Public holiday data covers 2024 to 2032.
About this calculator
This calculator counts every day from the start date to the end date, including both ends, and sorts them into weekdays and weekend days. It then subtracts the public holidays that fall on a weekday inside the range, which leaves the number of working days. A holiday that lands on a Saturday or Sunday is not subtracted a second time, because it has already been counted as a weekend day.
Public holidays come from a curated calendar for five countries: the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and Ireland. The calendar applies substitution rules, so when a fixed-date holiday falls on a weekend the substitute weekday off is the day removed. The US set follows the federal holidays published by the US Office of Personnel Management and the UK set follows the gov.uk bank holiday list for England and Wales. Two limits are worth knowing: public holidays in Canada and Australia vary by province and state, so the tool uses the national set for those two, and the data covers 2024 to 2032.
Frequently asked questions
What counts as a business day?
A business day, also called a working day, is a weekday from Monday to Friday that is not a public holiday. Saturdays and Sundays are not business days. This calculator starts from the weekdays in the date range and then removes any public holidays that fall on those weekdays, using the calendar for the country you select.
Are the start and end dates included?
Yes. This calculator counts both the start date and the end date. If you set the same date for both, and it is a weekday, the result is one working day. If you need the gap between two dates without counting one of the ends, subtract one from the result.
How are public holidays that fall on a weekend handled?
Most of the countries in this tool grant a substitute day off when a fixed-date public holiday lands on a weekend. The calculator follows those substitution rules, so it removes the substitute weekday rather than the weekend date itself. For example, when Christmas Day falls on a Saturday in the UK, the following free weekday is taken as the holiday.
Which countries and years are covered?
The calculator covers the United States, the United Kingdom for England and Wales, Canada, Australia and Ireland, for the years 2024 to 2032. There is also a weekends-only option that ignores public holidays. Canadian and Australian public holidays vary by region, so the tool uses the national or federal set for those two countries.
Why does the working-day count differ from a plain day count?
A plain count of calendar days includes weekends and holidays. The working-day figure removes them, because those are days most offices are closed. The calculator shows every figure side by side, the calendar days, weekdays, weekend days, public holidays in the range and the final working-day total, so you can see how the number is built.