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

There is builtin method to do this in pandas.

For Pandas version <1.0

from pandas.tseries.offsets import Day, BDay
from datetime import date


bdays=BDay()
is_business_day = bday.onOffset(date(2020,8,20))

For Pandas version >=1.1.0 (onOffset is deprecated)

from pandas.tseries.offsets import Day, BDay
from datetime import date


bdays=BDay()
is_business_day = bday.is_on_offset(date(2020,8,20))