How can I add business days to the current date in Java?

Question

How can I add business days to the current date in Java?

public Calendar addBusinessDate(Calendar cal, int days) {
//
// code goes over here
//
}
         


        

Answer 1

You may want to consider using ObjectLab Kit to do the heavy lifting for you.

Assuming the requirement is simply to return the next business day when the computed date falls on a non-business day:

package bizdays.example;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.util.HashSet;
import net.objectlab.kit.datecalc.common.DateCalculator;
import net.objectlab.kit.datecalc.common.DefaultHolidayCalendar;
import net.objectlab.kit.datecalc.common.HolidayHandlerType;
import net.objectlab.kit.datecalc.jdk8.LocalDateKitCalculatorsFactory;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;

public class BizDayTest {
    private DateCalculator dateCalculator;
    private final LocalDate startDate = LocalDate.of(2009, 12, 23);

    @Before
    public void setUp() {
        HashSet holidays = new HashSet();
        holidays.add(LocalDate.of(2009, 12, 25));  // Friday

        DefaultHolidayCalendar holidayCalendar =
            new DefaultHolidayCalendar(holidays);

        LocalDateKitCalculatorsFactory.getDefaultInstance()
                .registerHolidays("example", holidayCalendar);
        dateCalculator = LocalDateKitCalculatorsFactory.getDefaultInstance()
                .getDateCalculator("example", HolidayHandlerType.FORWARD);
        dateCalculator.setStartDate(startDate);
    }

    @Test
    public void should_not_change_calendar_start_date_even_after_moving() {
        assertThat(
            dateCalculator.moveByBusinessDays(6).getStartDate(),
            equalTo(startDate));
    }

    @Test
    public void moveByBusinessDays_will_return_24_dec_2009_as_next_business_day() {
        assertThat(
            dateCalculator.moveByBusinessDays(1).getCurrentBusinessDate(),
            equalTo(LocalDate.of(2009, 12, 24)));
    }

    @Test
    public void moveByBusinessDays_will_return_28_dec_2009_as_two_business_days_later() {
        assertThat(
            dateCalculator.moveByBusinessDays(2).getCurrentBusinessDate(),
            equalTo(LocalDat.of(2009, 12, 28)));

    }

    @Test
    public void moveByDays_will_also_return_28_dec_2009_as_two_business_days_later() {
        assertThat(
            dateCalculator.moveByDays(2).getCurrentBusinessDate(),
            equalTo(LocalDate.of(2009, 12, 28)));
    }

    @Test
    public void moveByBusinessDays_will_exclude_25_26_and_27_dec_when_computing_business_days() {
        assertThat(
            dateCalculator.moveByBusinessDays(5).getCurrentBusinessDate(),
            equalTo(LocalDate.of(2009, 12, 31)));
    }


    @Test
    public void moveByDays_will_include_25_26_and_27_dec_when_computing_business_days() {
        assertThat(
            dateCalculator.moveByDays(5).getCurrentBusinessDate(),
            equalTo(LocalDate.of(2009, 12, 28)));
    }
}

The library defaults the working week to be from Monday to Friday, but you can change the defaults by supplying a custom WorkingWeek to DateCalculator's setWorkingWeek().

As shown in the last two examples, moveByDays() includes the weekends when moving the days, whereas moveByBusinessDays() excludes weekends.

The library also allows you to use java.util.Calendar or Joda Time's LocalDate. The examples use JDK8's java.time.LocalDate because it is the preferred way since JDK8.

Edit: Updated examples to use java.time.LocalDate