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days252bus

Number of business days between dates

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Syntax

NumberDays = days252bus(StartDate,EndDate)
NumberDays = days252bus(___HolidayVector)

Description

NumberDays = days252bus(StartDate,EndDate) computes the number of business days (that is, non-holiday or non-weekend) between the two input dates.

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NumberDays = days252bus(___HolidayVector) adds an optional argument for HolidayVector. If a holiday vector is not optionally specified, then the holidays.m file is used to determine the holidays.

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Examples

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This example shows how to compute the number of business days (i.e. non-holiday or non-weekend) between two dates using the days252bus convention.

NumberDays = days252bus(datetime(2009,1,1), datetime(2009,8,1))
NumberDays = 
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Input Arguments

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Start date, specified as a scalar or an N-by-1 or 1-by-N vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors.

To support existing code, days252bus also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Data Types: double | char | string | datetime

End date, specified as a scalar or an N-by-1 or 1-by-N vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors.

To support existing code, days252bus also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Data Types: char | string | datetime

Holidays, specified as a scalar or an N-by-1 or 1-by-N vector using a datetime array, string array, or date character vectors.

To support existing code, days252bus also accepts serial date numbers as inputs, but they are not recommended.

Data Types: char | string | datetime

Output Arguments

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Number of days between two dates, returned as a scalar or an N-by-1 or 1-by-N vector containing the number of days.

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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