Days Between Dates & Working Days Calculator

Pick two dates and your weekend: Friday + Saturday, Friday only, Saturday + Sunday or any days. You get total days, working days, working hours and a month-by-month table, plus a second calculator that adds working days to a date.

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Holidays to exclude (optional)

Add working days to a date

Why the weekend choice matters

Most online day counters assume a Saturday-Sunday weekend. In Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman the weekend is Friday and Saturday, many workshops, clinics and retail businesses close on Friday only, and some factories run six days a week. The same two dates can give three different "working days" answers, which changes a leave balance, a project deadline or a contractor's invoice. Tick the days your organisation takes off and the calculator counts everything else as a working day.

What the numbers mean

  • Total days: calendar days from the first date to the second. With "count the end date" on, 1 January to 31 January is 31 days (how leave, rent and contracts are usually counted); off, it is 30 days (the difference between the dates).
  • Weekend days: how many of those days fall on your selected days off.
  • Working days: total days minus weekend days minus any holidays you listed.
  • Working hours: working days × hours per day. Set 8 for a standard day, 6 for Ramadan hours in Saudi Arabia (Labor Law Article 98), 9 or 10 if your contract says so.
  • By month: useful for payroll and timesheets: days and working hours in each month of the range.

Common uses

  • Annual leave and notice periods: count the days between the leave start and return date; Saudi Labor Law counts leave in calendar days, so turn off the weekend (choose "No days off") for a leave balance and turn it back on for working days lost.
  • Project and delivery deadlines: "10 working days from today" with a Friday-Saturday weekend is the second calculator; it also skips holidays you list.
  • Contractor timesheets and overtime: working hours for a month at 8 hours a day, compared with the hours actually worked.
  • End of service: total service days between joining and last working day; feed the result into the end-of-service calculator.

Holidays

Saudi Arabia's fixed public holidays are National Day (23 September) and Founding Day (22 February); Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha follow the Hijri calendar and the exact days are announced each year, so paste the dates your HR circular gives. Holidays that fall on a weekend are not double-counted. For Hijri dates use the Hijri-Gregorian converter.

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FAQ

How many working days are there in a month with a Friday-Saturday weekend?
Usually 21 to 23. A 30-day month has 8 or 9 weekend days with a two-day weekend, leaving 21 or 22 working days; a 31-day month leaves 22 or 23. Enter the month above to get the exact number.
Does the calculator count the end date?
Yes by default, because leave, contracts and rent are counted that way (1 to 31 = 31 days). Untick "count the end date" to get the plain difference between the dates.
Can I use a Friday-only or Sunday-only weekend?
Yes. Use the preset buttons or tick any combination of days; the count updates immediately.
How are holidays handled?
List the dates one per line. A holiday on a working day reduces the working-day count; a holiday that falls on your weekend is ignored so nothing is counted twice.
Is my data uploaded?
No. Everything is calculated in your browser.

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