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NETWORKDAYS.INTL Function
Description
The NETWORKDAY.INTL function returns the number of whole workdays between two dates using parameters to indicate which and how many days are weekend days. Weekend days and any days that are specified as holidays are not considered as workdays.
Syntax
NETWORKDAYS.INTL (start_date, end_date, [weekend], [holidays])
Arguments
| Argument | Description | Required/ Optional |
|---|---|---|
| Start_date | The dates for which the difference is to be computed. | Required |
| end_date | The start_date can be earlier than, the same as, or later than the end_date. | Required |
| Weekend | Indicates the days of the week that are weekend days and are not included in the number of whole working days between start_date and end_date. Weekend is a weekend number or string that specifies when weekends occur. Look at Weekend Number - Weekend Days Table given below. |
Optional |
| Holidays | An optional set of one or more dates that are to be excluded from the working day calendar. Holidays shall be
The ordering of dates or serial values in holidays can be arbitrary. |
Optional |
Weekend Number - Weekend Days Table
| Weekend Number | Weekend Days |
|---|---|
| 1 or omitted | Saturday, Sunday |
| 2 | Sunday, Monday |
| 3 | Monday, Tuesday |
| 4 | Tuesday, Wednesday |
| 5 | Wednesday, Thursday |
| 6 | Thursday, Friday |
| 7 | Friday, Saturday |
| 11 | Sunday only |
| 12 | Monday only |
| 13 | Tuesday only |
| 14 | Wednesday only |
| 15 | Thursday only |
| 16 | Friday only |
| 17 | Saturday only |
Weekend string values are seven characters long and each character in the string represents a day of the week, starting with Monday. 1 represents a non-workday and 0 represents a workday. Only the characters 1 and 0 are permitted in the string. Using 1111111 will always return 0.
Notes
If start_date is later than end_date, the return value will be negative, and the magnitude will be the number of whole workdays.
If start_date is out of range for the current date base value, NETWORKDAYS.INTL returns the #NUM! error value.
If end_date is out of range for the current date base value, NETWORKDAYS.INTL returns the #NUM! error value.
If the specified weekend is an invalid numeric value, NETWORKDAYS.INTL returns the NUM! error value.
If a weekend string is of invalid length or contains invalid characters, NETWORKDAYS.INTL returns the #VALUE! error value.
If the supplied start_date, end_date, or any of the values in the supplied [holidays] array are not valid dates, NETWORKDAYS.INTL returns the #VALUE! error value.
Applicability
Excel 2010, Excel 2013, Excel 2016
Example
