Count working days between two dates
Date arithmetic that respects weekends — the difference between a calendar and a delivery promise.
The data
| Row number | A | B | C |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Task | Start | End |
| 2 | Discovery | 2026-03-02 | 2026-03-13 |
| 3 | Build | 2026-03-16 | 2026-04-03 |
| 4 | QA | 2026-04-06 | 2026-04-10 |
Your task
Put a formula in D2 that counts the WORKING days between the start and end dates in row 2, weekends excluded.
Your formula goes in D2
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Why this is the right formula
NETWORKDAYS counts both endpoints and skips weekends, so 2 to 13 March is 10 working days rather than the 11 calendar days a subtraction gives. In real use you would add a third argument pointing at a list of public holidays — without it, a deadline can land on Christmas Day and the formula will not object.
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Questions
Does this actually run my formula?
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