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

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