Calculate business days

Question

I need a method for adding \"business days\" in PHP. For example, Friday 12/5 + 3 business days = Wednesday 12/10.

At a minimum I need the code to understand weekend

Answer 1

Holiday calculation is non-standard in each State. I am writing a bank application which I need some hard business rules for but can still only get a rough standard.

/**
 * National American Holidays
 * @param string $year
 * @return array
 */
public static function getNationalAmericanHolidays($year) {


    //  January 1 - New Year’s Day (Observed)
    //  Calc Last Monday in May - Memorial Day  strtotime("last Monday of May 2011");
    //  July 4 Independence Day
    //  First monday in september - Labor Day strtotime("first Monday of September 2011")
    //  November 11 - Veterans’ Day (Observed)
    //  Fourth Thursday in November Thanksgiving strtotime("fourth Thursday of November 2011");
    //  December 25 - Christmas Day        
    $bankHolidays = array(
          $year . "-01-01" // New Years
        , "". date("Y-m-d",strtotime("last Monday of May " . $year) ) // Memorial Day
        , $year . "-07-04" // Independence Day (corrected)
        , "". date("Y-m-d",strtotime("first Monday of September " . $year) ) // Labor Day
        , $year . "-11-11" // Veterans Day
        , "". date("Y-m-d",strtotime("fourth Thursday of November " . $year) ) // Thanksgiving
        , $year . "-12-25" // XMAS
        );

    return $bankHolidays;
}