Count work days between two dates

Question

How can I calculate the number of work days between two dates in SQL Server?

Monday to Friday and it must be T-SQL.

Answer 1

If you need to add work days to a given date, you can create a function that depends on a calendar table, described below:

CREATE TABLE Calendar
(
  dt SMALLDATETIME PRIMARY KEY, 
  IsWorkDay BIT
);

--fill the rows with normal days, weekends and holidays.


create function AddWorkingDays (@initialDate smalldatetime, @numberOfDays int)
    returns smalldatetime as 

    begin
        declare @result smalldatetime
        set @result = 
        (
            select t.dt from
            (
                select dt, ROW_NUMBER() over (order by dt) as daysAhead from calendar 
                where dt > @initialDate
                and IsWorkDay = 1
                ) t
            where t.daysAhead = @numberOfDays
        )

        return @result
    end

Answer 2

Create function like:

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fn_WorkDays(@StartDate DATETIME, @EndDate DATETIME= NULL )
RETURNS INT 
AS
BEGIN
       DECLARE @Days int
       SET @Days = 0

       IF @EndDate = NULL
              SET @EndDate = EOMONTH(@StartDate) --last date of the month

       WHILE DATEDIFF(dd,@StartDate,@EndDate) >= 0
       BEGIN
              IF DATENAME(dw, @StartDate) <> 'Saturday' 
                     and DATENAME(dw, @StartDate) <> 'Sunday' 
                     and Not ((Day(@StartDate) = 1 And Month(@StartDate) = 1)) --New Year's Day.
                     and Not ((Day(@StartDate) = 4 And Month(@StartDate) = 7)) --Independence Day.
              BEGIN
                     SET @Days = @Days + 1
              END

              SET @StartDate = DATEADD(dd,1,@StartDate)
       END

       RETURN  @Days
END

You can call the function like:

select dbo.fn_WorkDays('1/1/2016', '9/25/2016')

Or like:

select dbo.fn_WorkDays(StartDate, EndDate) 
from table1

Answer 3

I found the below TSQL a fairly elegant solution (I don't have permissions to run functions). I found the DATEDIFF ignores DATEFIRST and I wanted my first day of the week to be a Monday. I also wanted the first working day to be set a zero and if it falls on a weekend Monday will be a zero. This may help someone who has a slightly different requirement :)

It does not handle bank holidays

SET DATEFIRST 1
SELECT
,(DATEDIFF(DD,  [StartDate], [EndDate]))        
-(DATEDIFF(wk,  [StartDate], [EndDate]))        
-(DATEDIFF(wk, DATEADD(dd,-@@DATEFIRST,[StartDate]), DATEADD(dd,-@@DATEFIRST,[EndDate]))) AS [WorkingDays] 
FROM /*Your Table*/ 

Answer 4

Another approach to calculating working days is to use a WHILE loop which basically iterates through a date range and increment it by 1 whenever days are found to be within Monday – Friday. The complete script for calculating working days using the WHILE loop is shown below:

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fn_GetTotalWorkingDaysUsingLoop]
(@DateFrom DATE,
@DateTo   DATE
)
RETURNS INT
AS
     BEGIN
         DECLARE @TotWorkingDays INT= 0;
         WHILE @DateFrom <= @DateTo
             BEGIN
                 IF DATENAME(WEEKDAY, @DateFrom) IN('Monday', 'Tuesday', 'Wednesday', 'Thursday', 'Friday')
                     BEGIN
                         SET @TotWorkingDays = @TotWorkingDays + 1;
                 END;
                 SET @DateFrom = DATEADD(DAY, 1, @DateFrom);
             END;
         RETURN @TotWorkingDays;
     END;
GO

Although the WHILE loop option is cleaner and uses less lines of code, it has the potential of being a performance bottleneck in your environment particularly when your date range spans across several years.

You can see more methods on how to calculate work days and hours in this article: https://www.sqlshack.com/how-to-calculate-work-days-and-hours-in-sql-server/

Answer 5

Using a date table:

    DECLARE 
        @StartDate date = '2014-01-01',
        @EndDate date = '2014-01-31'; 
    SELECT 
        COUNT(*) As NumberOfWeekDays
    FROM dbo.Calendar
    WHERE CalendarDate BETWEEN @StartDate AND @EndDate
      AND IsWorkDay = 1;

If you don't have that, you can use a numbers table:

    DECLARE 
    @StartDate datetime = '2014-01-01',
    @EndDate datetime = '2014-01-31'; 
    SELECT 
    SUM(CASE WHEN DATEPART(dw, DATEADD(dd, Number-1, @StartDate)) BETWEEN 2 AND 6 THEN 1 ELSE 0 END) As NumberOfWeekDays
    FROM dbo.Numbers
    WHERE Number <= DATEDIFF(dd, @StartDate, @EndDate) + 1 -- Number table starts at 1, we want a 0 base

They should both be fast and it takes out the ambiguity/complexity. The first option is the best but if you don't have a calendar table you can allways create a numbers table with a CTE.

Answer 6

That's working for me, in my country on Saturday and Sunday are non-working days.

For me is important the time of @StartDate and @EndDate.

CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[fnGetCountWorkingBusinessDays]
(
    @StartDate as DATETIME,
    @EndDate as DATETIME
)
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @res int

SET @StartDate = CASE 
    WHEN DATENAME(dw, @StartDate) = 'Saturday' THEN DATEADD(dd, 2, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @StartDate))
    WHEN DATENAME(dw, @StartDate) = 'Sunday' THEN DATEADD(dd, 1, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @StartDate))
    ELSE @StartDate END

SET @EndDate = CASE 
    WHEN DATENAME(dw, @EndDate) = 'Saturday' THEN DATEADD(dd, 0, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @EndDate))
    WHEN DATENAME(dw, @EndDate) = 'Sunday' THEN DATEADD(dd, -1, DATEDIFF(dd, 0, @EndDate))
    ELSE @EndDate END


SET @res =
    (DATEDIFF(hour, @StartDate, @EndDate) / 24)
  - (DATEDIFF(wk, @StartDate, @EndDate) * 2)

SET @res = CASE WHEN @res < 0 THEN 0 ELSE @res END

    RETURN @res
END

GO