Determine if a day is a business day in Python / Pandas

Question

I currently have a program setup to run two different ways. One way is to run over a specified time frame, and the other way is to run everyday. However, when I have it set to r

Answer 1

I just found a different solution to this. This might be interesting if you want to find the next business day if your date is not a business day.

   bdays=BDay()
   def is_business_day(date):
       return date == date + 0*bdays

adding 0*bdays rolls forward on the next business day including the current one. Unfortunately, subtracting 0*bdays does not roll backwards (at least with the pandas version I was using).

Moreover, due to this behavior, you also need to be careful since not necessarily 0*bdays + 1*bdays != 1*bdays