How to Calculate Days in Excel Excluding Saturdays and Sundays Using NETWORKDAYS

Learn how to calculate working days in Excel excluding weekends and holidays using the NETWORKDAYS function.

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To calculate days in Excel excluding Saturday and Sunday, use the NETWORKDAYS function. For example, `=NETWORKDAYS(start_date, end_date)` will return the number of working days between the two dates. For custom holidays, use `=NETWORKDAYS(start_date, end_date, holidays)` where holidays is a range of holiday dates to be excluded.

FAQs & Answers

  1. What does the Excel NETWORKDAYS function do? The NETWORKDAYS function calculates the number of working days between two dates, automatically excluding Saturdays and Sundays.
  2. How can I exclude holidays when counting workdays in Excel? You can exclude holidays by adding a holiday range as the third argument to the NETWORKDAYS function: =NETWORKDAYS(start_date, end_date, holidays).
  3. Can NETWORKDAYS be used to calculate partial weeks? Yes, NETWORKDAYS counts only valid working days within any date range, regardless of whether it spans full or partial weeks.

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