{"id":1011,"date":"2019-05-02T13:51:23","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T10:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/?p=1011"},"modified":"2019-05-02T13:51:27","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T10:51:27","slug":"the-workday-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/the-workday-function\/","title":{"rendered":"The WORKDAY Function"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It returns the date that is the given number of days before or after the starting date. Weekends and holidays are excluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The syntax of the function is the following: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-large is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p> <strong>WORKDAY<\/strong><em>(<strong>start_date, days, [holidays]<\/strong><\/em>) <\/p><cite><strong>start_date<\/strong>: The start date from which we want to start the calculation.  <br><strong>days<\/strong>: The number of working days before (negative number) or after (positive number) the start_date.  <br><strong>[holidays]<\/strong>: Optional. A range of dates that are defined as holidays and excluded from the calculation.<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the button to practice using this function, with the help of our <strong>Online Assessment Tool<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"button-practice-container\" ><a class=\"button button-primary button-practice\" style=\"height:auto\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.test4u.eu\/excelpedia\/wp-content\/plugins\/unlimited-integration\/run.php?id=czJJWG9mOStPbGdiK3ZMWmREWWtidS9xWXJHRi9KMVRGMU9RR3V6cmFQNm5PVDlucTdDODhFZTlTM3kyNE95SQ==&b=d2JYM2todHdVRDljSGZRYXNVcTR5MjIxN0phbmcyeTVQNVZESm9VYTd3bkVuekxxVzcvVHZYTEFQYTZ3RVZHeXRjQ0MrWDViL2NYcEFTL2dvNGovQ3hnRWJjWjF0TjVyQm9vK0pSb0Z4NDQ9\">Practice<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Here is an example of how to use the WORKDAY function:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the proper formula in the cell I2 to produce the date which appears in the cell A2 with an addition of 5 more working days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GPsmHo7Kbq8?version=3&#038;rel=0&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It returns the date that is the given number of days before or after the starting date. 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