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# WORKDAY

The result is a date number that can be formatted as a date. You then see the date of a day that is a certain number of workdays away from the start date.

This function is part of the Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) standard Version 1.2. (ISO/IEC 26300:2-2015)

### Syntax

WORKDAY(StartDate; Days [; Holidays])

StartDate is the date from when the calculation is carried out. If the start date is a workday, the day is included in the calculation.

Days is the number of workdays. Positive value for a result after the start date, negative value for a result before the start date.

Holidays is a list of optional holidays. These are non-working days. Enter a cell range in which the holidays are listed individually.

When entering dates as part of formulas, slashes or dashes used as date separators are interpreted as arithmetic operators. Therefore, dates entered in this format are not recognized as dates and result in erroneous calculations. To keep dates from being interpreted as parts of formulas use the DATE function, for example, DATE(1954;7;20), or place the date in quotation marks and use the ISO 8601 notation, for example, "1954-07-20". Avoid using locale dependent date formats such as "07/20/54", the calculation may produce errors if the document is loaded under different locale settings.

Unambiguous conversion is possible for ISO 8601 dates and times in their extended formats with separators. If a #VALUE! error occurs, then unselect Generate #VALUE! error in LibreOfficeDev - Preferences Tools - Options - LibreOfficeDev Calc - Formula, button Details... in section "Detailed Calculation Settings", Conversion from text to number list box.

This function ignores any text or empty cell within a data range. If you suspect wrong results from this function, look for text in the data ranges. To highlight text contents in a data range, use the value highlighting feature.

### Examples

What date came 17 workdays after 1 December 2001? Enter the start date "2001-12-01" in C3 and the number of workdays in D3. Cells F3 to J3 contain the following Christmas and New Year holidays: "2001-12-24", "2001-12-25", "2001-12-26", "2001-12-31", "2002-01-01".

=WORKDAY(C3;D3;F3:J3) returns 2001-12-28. Format the serial date number as a date, for example in the format YYYY-MM-DD.

Related Topics

NETWORKDAYS

NETWORKDAYS.INTL

WORKDAY.INTL

Date functions

Related Topics

WORKDAY wiki page.

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DATE

DATEDIF

DATEVALUE

DAY

DAYS

DAYS360

DAYSINMONTH

DAYSINYEAR

EASTERSUNDAY

EDATE

EOMONTH

HOUR

ISLEAPYEAR

ISOWEEKNUM

MINUTE

MONTH

MONTHS

NETWORKDAYS

NETWORKDAYS.INTL

NOW

SECOND

TIME

TIMEVALUE

TODAY

WEEKDAY

WEEKNUM

WEEKNUM_EXCEL2003

WEEKNUM_OOO

WEEKS

WEEKSINYEAR

WORKDAY

WORKDAY.INTL

YEAR

YEARFRAC

YEARS