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

<?php 
function AddWorkDays(){
$i = 0;
$d = 5; // Number of days to add

    while($i <= $d) {
    $i++;
        if(date('N', mktime(0, 0, 0, date(m), date(d)+$i, date(Y))) < 5) {
            $d++;
        }
    }
    return date(Y).','.date(m).','.(date(d)+$d);
}
?>

Answer 2

function get_business_days_forward_from_date($num_days, $start_date='', $rtn_fmt='Y-m-d') {

// $start_date will default to today    

if ($start_date=='') { $start_date = date("Y-m-d"); }

$business_day_ct = 0;

$max_days = 10000 + $num_days;  // to avoid any possibility of an infinite loop


// define holidays, this currently only goes to 2012 because, well, you know... ;-)
// if the world is still here after that, you can find more at
// http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/fedhol/2013.asp
// always add holidays in order, because the iteration will stop when the holiday is > date being tested

$fed_holidays=array(
    "2010-01-01",
    "2010-01-18",
    "2010-02-15",
    "2010-05-31",
    "2010-07-05",
    "2010-09-06",
    "2010-10-11",
    "2010-11-11",
    "2010-11-25",
    "2010-12-24",

    "2010-12-31",
    "2011-01-17",
    "2011-02-21",
    "2011-05-30",
    "2011-07-04",
    "2011-09-05",
    "2011-10-10",
    "2011-11-11",
    "2011-11-24",
    "2011-12-26",

    "2012-01-02",
    "2012-01-16",
    "2012-02-20",
    "2012-05-28",
    "2012-07-04",
    "2012-09-03",
    "2012-10-08",
    "2012-11-12",
    "2012-11-22",
    "2012-12-25",
    );

$curr_date_ymd = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($start_date));    

for ($x=1;$x<$max_days;$x++)
{
    if (intval($num_days)==intval($business_day_ct)) { return(date($rtn_fmt, strtotime($curr_date_ymd))); }  // date found - return

    // get next day to check

    $curr_date_ymd = date('Y-m-d', (strtotime($start_date)+($x * 86400)));   // add 1 day to the current date

    $is_business_day = 1;

    // check if this is a weekend   1 (for Monday) through 7 (for Sunday)

    if ( intval(date("N",strtotime($curr_date_ymd))) > 5) { $is_business_day = 0; }

    //check for holiday
    foreach($fed_holidays as $holiday)
    {
        if (strtotime($holiday)==strtotime($curr_date_ymd))  // holiday found
        {
            $is_business_day = 0;
            break 1;
        }

        if (strtotime($holiday)>strtotime($curr_date_ymd)) { break 1; }  // past date, stop searching (always add holidays in order)


    }

    $business_day_ct = $business_day_ct + $is_business_day;  // increment if this is a business day

} 

// if we get here, you are hosed
return ("ERROR");

}

Answer 3

Just finished writing an API that can be used to manipulate business days (none of these solutions quite worked for my situation :-); linking to it here in case anyone else finds it useful.

~ Nate

PHP Class to Calculate Business Days

Answer 4

There are some args for the date() function that should help. If you check date("w") it will give you a number for the day of the week, from 0 for Sunday through 6 for Saturday. So.. maybe something like..

$busDays = 3;
$day = date("w");
if( $day > 2 && $day <= 5 ) { /* if between Wed and Fri */
  $day += 2; /* add 2 more days for weekend */
}
$day += $busDays;

This is just a rough example of one possibility..

Answer 5

date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');


/** Given a number days out, what day is that when counting by 'business' days
  * get the next business day. by default it looks for next business day
  * ie calling  $date = get_next_busines_day(); on monday will return tuesday
  *             $date = get_next_busines_day(2); on monday will return wednesday
  *             $date = get_next_busines_day(2); on friday will return tuesday
  *
  * @param $number_of_business_days (integer)       how many business days out do you want
  * @param $start_date (string)                     strtotime parseable time value
  * @param $ignore_holidays (boolean)               true/false to ignore holidays
  * @param $return_format (string)                  as specified in php.net/date
 */
function get_next_business_day($number_of_business_days=1,$start_date='today',$ignore_holidays=false,$return_format='m/d/y') {

    // get the start date as a string to time
    $result = strtotime($start_date);

    // now keep adding to today's date until number of business days is 0 and we land on a business day
    while ($number_of_business_days > 0) {
        // add one day to the start date
        $result = strtotime(date('Y-m-d',$result) . " + 1 day");

        // this day counts if it's a weekend and not a holiday, or if we choose to ignore holidays
        if (is_weekday(date('Y-m-d',$result)) && (!(is_holiday(date('Y-m-d',$result))) || $ignore_holidays) ) 
            $number_of_business_days--;

    }

    // when my $number of business days is exausted I have my final date

    return(date($return_format,$result));
}

    function is_weekend($date) {
    // return if this is a weekend date or not.
    return (date('N', strtotime($date)) >= 6);
}

function is_weekday($date) {
    // return if this is a weekend date or not.
    return (date('N', strtotime($date)) < 6);
}

function is_holiday($date) {
    // return if this is a holiday or not.

    // what are my holidays for this year
    $holidays = array("New Year's Day 2011" => "12/31/10",
                        "Good Friday" => "04/06/12",
                        "Memorial Day" => "05/28/12",
                        "Independence Day" => "07/04/12",
                        "Floating Holiday" => "12/31/12",
                        "Labor Day" => "09/03/12",
                        "Thanksgiving Day" => "11/22/12",
                        "Day After Thanksgiving Day" => "11/23/12",
                        "Christmas Eve" => "12/24/12",
                        "Christmas Day" => "12/25/12",
                        "New Year's Day 2012" => "01/02/12",
                        "New Year's Day 2013" => "01/01/13"
                        );

    return(in_array(date('m/d/y', strtotime($date)),$holidays));
}


print get_next_business_day(1) . "\n";

Answer 6

The add_business_days has a small bug. Try the following with the existing function and the output will be a Saturday.

Startdate = Friday Business days to add = 1 Holidays array = Add date for the following Monday.

I have fixed that in my function below.

function add_business_days($startdate, $buisnessdays, $holidays = array(), $dateformat = 'Y-m-d'){
$i= 1;
$dayx= strtotime($startdate);
$buisnessdays= ceil($buisnessdays);

while($i < $buisnessdays)
{
    $day= date('N',$dayx);

    $date= date('Y-m-d',$dayx);
    if($day < 6 && !in_array($date,$holidays))
        $i++;

    $dayx= strtotime($date.' +1 day');
}

## If the calculated day falls on a weekend or is a holiday, then add days to the next business day
$day= date('N',$dayx);
$date= date('Y-m-d',$dayx);

while($day >= 6 || in_array($date,$holidays))
{
    $dayx= strtotime($date.' +1 day');
    $day= date('N',$dayx);
    $date= date('Y-m-d',$dayx);
}

return date($dateformat, $dayx);}