WORKDAY Function in Excel: A Date N Working Days Away

⏱ 1 min readUpdated 28 September 2026

Date & TimeLevel: IntermediateAvailable in: Excel 2007+

In this article
  1. Syntax
  2. Examples
  3. Example 1
  4. Example 2
  5. Related functions

WORKDAY returns the date that is a number of working days before or after a start date, skipping weekends and holidays.

Syntax

=WORKDAY(start_date, days, [holidays])
Argument What it means
days Working days to add (negative to go back).
holidays Range of holiday dates.

Examples

Example 1

=WORKDAY(A2, 5, Holidays)

Delivery date 5 working days after the order.

Example 2

=WORKDAY.INTL(A2, 5, 11, Holidays)

Same with a Sunday-only weekend.

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