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uspete
May 28, 2026Copper Contributor
Help calculating a date, excluding weekends and US holidays
Hello - I am trying to fix an old IF statement to show a business day Work day. The current IF statement "=IF(WEEKDAY(NOW())=2,NOW()-3,NOW()-1))" still works except for US holidays, so we had a cale...
m_tarler
May 28, 2026Silver Contributor
the formula should look like:
=WORKDAY(NOW(), -1, HOLIDAY)
where HOLIDAY should be a named range with a list of all dates to be considered as a holiday. Although it doesn't have to be a defined named, it could just be a list of dates in line using a defined name is much easier to support. I have created a table that easily adds/includes various holidays. I will try to attach a sheet with it as an example.