This example demonstrates how to calculate the number of days between two input dates.

Functions:

Source:

The following dataset contains two columns of dates.

Date1Date2
2020-03-092020-03-13
2020-03-092020-03-06
2020-03-092020-03-16
2020-03-092020-03-23
2020-03-092020-04-10
2020-03-092021-03-10

Transformation:

The first transformation calculates the number of raw days between the two dates: 

This step computes the number of working days between the two dates. Assumptions:

For some, March 17 is an important date, especially if you are Irish. To add St. Patrick's Day to the list of holidays, you could add the following transformation:

In the following transformation, the NETWORKDAYSINTL function is applied so that you can specify the working days in the week:

The following two functions enable you to calculate a specific working date based on an input date and integer number of days before or after it. In the following, the date that is five working days before the Date2 column is computed:

Suppose you wish to factor in a four-day workweek, in which Friday through Sunday is considered the weekend:

Results:

Date1Date2workdayintlworkdaynetworkDaysIntlnetworkDaysStPatricksnetworkDaysdatedif
2020-03-092020-03-132020-03-052020-03-064554
2020-03-092020-03-062020-02-272020-02-28nullnullnull-3
2020-03-092020-03-162020-03-152020-03-094667
2020-03-092020-03-232020-03-122020-03-168101114
2020-03-092020-04-102020-04-022020-04-0320242532
2020-03-092021-03-102021-03-022021-03-03210262263366