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

I borrowed some ideas from others to create my solution. I use inline code to ignore weekends and U.S. federal holidays. In my environment, EndDate may be null, but it will never precede StartDate.

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.ufn_CalculateBusinessDays(
@StartDate DATE,
@EndDate DATE = NULL)

RETURNS INT
AS

BEGIN
DECLARE @TotalBusinessDays INT = 0;
DECLARE @TestDate DATE = @StartDate;


IF @EndDate IS NULL
    RETURN NULL;

WHILE @TestDate < @EndDate
BEGIN
    DECLARE @Month INT = DATEPART(MM, @TestDate);
    DECLARE @Day INT = DATEPART(DD, @TestDate);
    DECLARE @DayOfWeek INT = DATEPART(WEEKDAY, @TestDate) - 1; --Monday = 1, Tuesday = 2, etc.
    DECLARE @DayOccurrence INT = (@Day - 1) / 7 + 1; --Nth day of month (3rd Monday, for example)

    --Increment business day counter if not a weekend or holiday
    SELECT @TotalBusinessDays += (
        SELECT CASE
            --Saturday OR Sunday
            WHEN @DayOfWeek IN (6,7) THEN 0
            --New Year's Day
            WHEN @Month = 1 AND @Day = 1 THEN 0
            --MLK Jr. Day
            WHEN @Month = 1 AND @DayOfWeek = 1 AND @DayOccurrence = 3 THEN 0
            --G. Washington's Birthday
            WHEN @Month = 2 AND @DayOfWeek = 1 AND @DayOccurrence = 3 THEN 0
            --Memorial Day
            WHEN @Month = 5 AND @DayOfWeek = 1 AND @Day BETWEEN 25 AND 31 THEN 0
            --Independence Day
            WHEN @Month = 7 AND @Day = 4 THEN 0
            --Labor Day
            WHEN @Month = 9 AND @DayOfWeek = 1 AND @DayOccurrence = 1 THEN 0
            --Columbus Day
            WHEN @Month = 10 AND @DayOfWeek = 1 AND @DayOccurrence = 2 THEN 0
            --Veterans Day
            WHEN @Month = 11 AND @Day = 11 THEN 0
            --Thanksgiving
            WHEN @Month = 11 AND @DayOfWeek = 4 AND @DayOccurrence = 4 THEN 0
            --Christmas
            WHEN @Month = 12 AND @Day = 25 THEN 0
            ELSE 1
            END AS Result);

    SET @TestDate = DATEADD(dd, 1, @TestDate);
END

RETURN @TotalBusinessDays;
END