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url: /cube-functions/workday.md
description: >-
  Returns a date that is a specified number of working days (excluding weekends
  and holidays) away from a given start date.
---

# WORKDAY 

Returns a date that is a specified number of working days (excluding weekends and holidays) away from a given start date.

```js
WORKDAY(start_date, days, ...holiday_n)
```

#### Parameters

* `start_date` - The start date, represented as an Excel date value.
* `days` - The number of working days to add or subtract from the start date.
* `holiday_n` - A date value, represented as an Excel date value. If omitted, no holidays are excluded. `(optional)`

#### Examples

```js
WORKDAY(44197, 10)

```

**Result:** `44211`

**Note:** Returns the date that is 10 working days (excluding weekends) away from January 1, 2021.

```js
WORKDAY("2022-04-01", -5, "2022-03-25")

```

**Result:** `44644`

**Note:** Returns the date that is 5 working days (excluding weekends and the specified holidays) before April 1, 2022 (excluding March 25th as a holiday).