Using Python to count the number of business days in a month?

Question

I am trying to write a Python script that will calculate how many business days are in the current month. For instance if month = August then businessDays

Answer 1

I would simply use built-in module calendar:

import calendar

weekday_count = 0
cal = calendar.Calendar()

for week in cal.monthdayscalendar(2013, 8):
    for i, day in enumerate(week):
        # not this month's day or a weekend
        if day == 0 or i >= 5:
            continue
        # or some other control if desired...
        weekday_count += 1

print weekday_count

that's it.