NETWORKDAYS.INTL Function
The NETWORKDAYS.INTL function is one of the date and time functions. It is used to return the number of whole workdays between two dates using parameters to indicate which and how many days are weekend days.
Syntax
NETWORKDAYS.INTL(start_date, end_date, [weekend], [holidays])
The NETWORKDAYS.INTL function has the following arguments:
| Argument | Description |
|---|---|
| start_date | The first date of the period, entered using the DATE function or other date and time function. |
| end_date | The last date of the period, entered using the DATE function or other date and time function. |
| weekend | An optional argument, a number or a string that specifies which days to consider weekends. The possible numbers are listed in the table below. |
| holidays | An optional argument that specifies which dates in addition to weekend are nonworking. You can enter them using the DATE function or other date and time function or specify a reference to a range of cells containing dates. |
The weekend argument can be one of the following:
| 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 |
Notes
A string that specifies weekend days must contain 7 characters. Each character represents a day of the week, starting from Monday. 0 represents a workday, 1 represents a weekend day. E.g. "0000011" specifies that weekend days are Saturday and Sunday. The string "1111111" is not valid.
How to apply the NETWORKDAYS.INTL function.
Examples
The figure below displays the result returned by the NETWORKDAYS.INTL function.
