Try the WORKDAY function. I can't remember if that's one of the default functions in Excel. If not, go to Tools>Addins and make sure you have the Analysis Toolpak addin checked. Linda Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com ABC Free Ezine ~ Free Ebooks and Tutorials *all outgoing mail scanned by Norton AV. If you got a bug that looks like it came from me, it did NOT! -----Original Message----- From: mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mso-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Elise C. Miller Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:44 PM To: mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [mso] Excel 2003 date calculation question Hi folks, I am putting together a spreadsheet to track vacation requests for several employees. What I want it to do is calculate how many working days the requested vacation would cover, and then compare it to how many vacation days the employee has left. The thing is, is there a way to get Excel to calculate how many working days are in a particular span, as opposed to calendar days? I have one guy requesting a span from May 14 to June 15, and that's going to cover probably 20 working days, but a lot more calendar days than that. =20 Any insights out there? Thanks in advance. Elise ************************************************************* You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or MicrosoftOffice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To send mail to the group, simply address it to mso@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To Unsubscribe from this group, send an email to mso-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes) in the subject line. Or, visit the group's homepage and use the dropdown menu. This will also allow you to change your email settings to digest or vacation (no mail). //www.freelists.org/webpage/mso To be able to use the files section for sharing files with the group, send a request to mso-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and you will be sent an invitation with instructions. Once you are a member of the files group, you can go here to upload/download files: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/msofiles *************************************************************