Business days

Business days between dates calculator

Counting business days correctly means skipping weekends and the holidays that matter to your team. This calculator does both — and explains how to use the result for deadlines, SLAs and payroll.

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What counts as a business day

By default, a business day is any Monday–Friday. Many businesses also exclude national holidays (US federal, UK bank, EU country-specific). The calculator lets you add custom holidays so the result matches your operating calendar.

When to use business days vs calendar days

Use business days for delivery commitments, SLA windows, invoice terms (Net 7/15/30) and payroll periods. Use calendar days for leases, subscriptions and anything billed continuously.

Common workflows

Project deadline (start + N business days), SLA breach calculation, payroll period range, invoice due date, employee onboarding milestones. Pair with the project deadline tool when you need a delivery date instead of a count.

Frequently asked

Are public holidays included?

Only if you add them. Different teams observe different holidays, so we keep the default count to weekdays-only and let you customize.

How is the start date handled?

The start date itself is typically not counted, matching how most contracts express ‘N business days after order’.

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