Free workday calculator
Business days from today
Calculate a date after any number of Monday–Friday working days. Today uses your device’s local date; change the start date if the sender uses a different time zone.
Preparing today’s date
Monday–Friday only. Start date excluded when adding days. Public holidays are not deducted.How do you count 3 business days?
Start counting on the next day, skip Saturday and Sunday, and stop after three weekdays. Starting Friday, September 4, 2026, Monday is day 1, Tuesday is day 2 and Wednesday, September 9 is day 3. This example does not exclude public holidays.
What does 5–7 business days mean?
Calculate both endpoints from the same start date. Starting Monday, September 7, 2026, five weekdays later is Monday, September 14; seven is Wednesday, September 16. A shipping estimate may start after dispatch rather than the order date.
Are working days and business days the same?
This tool treats both as Monday through Friday. Some employers, countries and services use different weekends or holiday calendars. Check the calendar relevant to your task before relying on a deadline.
Does today count as day one?
No. When adding days, the start date is day zero. An interval of zero returns the start date unchanged, including on a weekend. Negative intervals count backwards through weekdays.
Are public holidays excluded?
No. The calculator skips weekends only. If a holiday falls inside your interval, use the applicable calendar to count it out and check any further holidays reached by the extended interval.
Read the counting methodology or compare two dates and calculate calendar days.