Date & Deadline Tools

UK Working Days Calculator

Count how many working days fall inside a date range — useful for project planning, staffing cover and holiday requests.

Weekends and the bank holidays for your chosen UK region are excluded from the total.

Results update as you type. Nothing you enter is stored.

Start date

End date

UK region

Bank holidays differ between England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The start date is not counted; the end date is.

How to use this calculator

Every date after the start date up to and including the end date is checked in turn.
Saturdays and Sundays are excluded.
Dates that appear in the bank holiday list for the selected region are excluded.
Bank holidays are stored as data, so the list can be updated each year without changing how the tool works.

Local or company holidays, such as Scottish local trades holidays, are not included.
Check any contract or court deadline against its own counting rules.
These results are for general guidance. See our disclaimer — this is not legal, tax or financial advice.

Are bank holidays working days?

Not in this calculation. Bank holidays for the selected region are excluded along with weekends.

Is the start date included?

No. Counting begins the day after the start date, which is the usual convention for business day counts.

Do Scottish bank holidays differ?

Yes. Scotland has 2 January and St Andrew's Day, and its summer bank holiday falls in early August rather than late August.