Ways to count from a select date including weekends but have it output only on the closest weekday

[R_Caron418]

I'm trying to take a select date and add a certain number of days to it and output the new date but the output date must be a weekday. I am trying to use an if statement with nested weekday and workday arguments that looks like this =IF(WEEKDAY(WORKDAY(D2,C2))>5,WORKDAY(WORKDAY(D2,C2),2), WORKDAY(D2,C2)). This formula seems to not count weekends though and gives me a date way in the future. Any thoughts?

[#2]

@R_Caron418 

The WORKDAY function is designed to exclude weekends by default. If you want to include weekends but adjust to the closest weekday if the result falls on a weekend, you can modify your formula as follows:

=IF(WEEKDAY(D2+C2)>5, D2+C2+CHOOSE(WEEKDAY(D2+C2),2,2,2,2,2,4,4), D2+C2)

Explanation:

• D2+C2 calculates the date after adding the specified number of days.
• WEEKDAY(D2+C2)>5 checks if the resulting day is Saturday or Sunday (weekday numbers greater than 5).
• If it's a weekend, CHOOSE(WEEKDAY(D2+C2),2,2,2,2,2,4,4) adds 2 days for Saturday and 4 days for Sunday to make it fall on the following Monday.
• Otherwise, if it's a weekday, D2+C2 is used as is.

This formula should give you the next weekday if the result falls on a weekend. Adjust the starting date (D2) and the number of days to add (C2) according to your needs.

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[#3]

@NikolinoDE this helped to get a lot closer to the date however when I add my first date which is 11/17/2023 with the number of days which is 63.33 it outputs 1/23/24 when it if you simply add them, it would be 1/19/24 which is a Friday. I'm a little confused why its skipping Friday.

[#4]

@R_Caron418 

Next closest Sat could be calculated as

=A1-WEEKDAY(A1,2)+6

[#5]

Using the first suggestion I was able to tweak it a little to look like this, =IF(WEEKDAY(D2+C2)>5, D2+C2+CHOOSE(WEEKDAY(D2+C2),0,0,0,0,0,0,2), D2+C2). It now allows Fridays and pushes Saturdays to Monday, but I cannot get it to push Sunday no matter how I adjust the Choose statement. Any suggestions?

[#6]

@R_Caron418 

If you want to push Sunday to Monday, you can modify the CHOOSE statement as follows:

=IF(WEEKDAY(D2+C2)>5, D2+C2+CHOOSE(WEEKDAY(D2+C2),0,0,0,0,0,1,1), D2+C2)

In this modified version, Sunday (weekday number 1) is adjusted by adding 1 day, so it falls on Monday. The other days (Monday to Friday) are adjusted by adding 0 days.

[#7 · Accepted solution]

@R_Caron418 See the attached workbook, especially the notes on the _Info worksheet.

(Note that the column headings for columns E through I are derived from the formulas directly below them.)

[#8]

This is perfect. Problem Solved!