{"id":7840,"date":"2018-08-10T12:57:27","date_gmt":"2018-08-10T10:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/blog\/?p=7840"},"modified":"2023-11-30T20:23:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T19:23:02","slug":"workday-formula-in-excel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/workday-formula-in-excel\/","title":{"rendered":"Workday Formula in Excel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>What does it do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Adds\/Subtracts a specified number of workdays to a Date, which will give you a Future\/Past Date<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Formula breakdown:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=WORKDAY(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">start_date<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">days<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #339966;\">[holidays]<\/span>)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What it means:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>=WORKDAY(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">specified date<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">number of work days to add\/subtract<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #339966;\">[holidays to be considered]<\/span>)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If you want to calculate the future date based on a number of working days added, it will be difficult to manually calculate this!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The hard way:<\/strong> I would normally grab my calendar, and count the days one by one!<\/p>\n<p><strong>The easy way:\u00a0<\/strong>Excel&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>WORKDAY formula!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I explain how you can do this below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"after-post-box\">\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bvll229bliA?rel=0 \" width=\"800\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/MyExcelOnlinecomtutorials?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignmiddle wp-image-111468 size-full\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/1.yt_.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\"><a class=\"IRPP_minimalist icon-download button small\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WORKDAY-FORMULA.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-leadbox=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WORKDAY-FORMULA.xlsx\" data-leadbox-id=\"147284833f72a2:12f08263ab46dc\"><span class=\"ctaText px-3 text-capitalize\">Download excel workbook<i class=\"fa fa-download\"><\/i><\/span><span class=\"postTitle px-3\">WORKDAY-FORMULA.xlsx<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"line-two\">\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 1:<\/strong><\/span> We need to <strong>enter the <i>WORKDAY\u00a0<\/i>function in a blank cell<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">=WORKDAY(<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WORKDAY-FORMULA-01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7843\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WORKDAY-FORMULA-01.jpg\" alt=\"Workday Formula in Excel\" width=\"685\" height=\"172\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>STEP 2:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0The <b>WORKDAY\u00a0<\/b>arguments:<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_57_1 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"scroll-to-download\">Free Practice Workbook<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/workday-formula-in-excel\/#start_date\" title=\"start_date\">start_date<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/workday-formula-in-excel\/#days\" title=\"days\">days<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"start_date\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>start_date<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>What is the specified date?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the cell containing the date you want to add the number of workdays to:<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=WORKDAY(<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">C9,<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WORKDAY-FORMULA-02.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WORKDAY-FORMULA-02.jpg\" alt=\"Workday Formula in Excel\" width=\"677\" height=\"160\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"days\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>days<\/strong><\/em><\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>How many work days to be added?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Select the cell containing the number of work days to be added (i.e The number of non-weekend and non-holiday days after the start date):<\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">=WORKDAY(C9,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">D9)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WORKDAY-FORMULA-03.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7845\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WORKDAY-FORMULA-03.jpg\" alt=\"Workday Formula in Excel\" width=\"596\" height=\"163\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Apply the same formula to the rest of the cells by dragging the lower right corner downwards.<\/p>\n<p>You now have your future dates with the work days added!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WORKDAY-FORMULA-04.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WORKDAY-FORMULA-04.jpg\" alt=\"Workday Formula in Excel\" width=\"626\" height=\"193\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>How to Use the Workday Formula in Excel<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you want to get the day of the week based on the date, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/blog\/weekday-function-introduction\/\" target=\"_blank\">click your to learn about the WEEKDAY function<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/100-43.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"HLOOKUP Function in Excel: Introduction\"  class=\"alignnone wp-image-9146 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Blog_image_title_FORMULAS-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"HLOOKUP Function in Excel: Introduction\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Blog_image_title_FORMULAS-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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Adds\/Subtracts a specified number of workdays to a Date, which will give you a Future\/Past Date Formula breakdown: =WORKDAY(start_date, days, [holidays]) What it means: =WORKDAY(specified date, number of work days to add\/subtract, [holidays to be considered]) If you want to calculate the future date based on a number of working days [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cos_headline_score":0,"cos_seo_score":0,"cos_headline_text":"","cos_headline_has_been_analyzed":false,"cos_last_analyzed_headline":[],"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[3,13,358],"tags":[142,359],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myexcelonline.com\/meo-staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}