Hi!

You're pretty much answering your own questions!

If you want to exclude holidays then yes, you have to list
them in a range.

A1 = 07/01/04 (I take that to be July 1 2004)

B1:B10 = list of holidays

Cell A2 = ..formula.. = 20

=NETWORKDAYS(A1,EOMONTH(A1,0),B1:B10)

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Biff

-----Original Message-----
I've perused the existing posts and while I've come
across some useful
postings, I couldn't seem to find my exact answer.

I simply want Excel to calculate the number of business
days in any
given calendar month.

For instance:

Cell A1 = 07/01/04

Cell A2 = ..formula.. = 20

20 being the number of business days in July, minus
weekends, minus the
july 4th holiday.

I understand I will have to use NETWORKDAYS function,
with the Analysis
Toolpak installed, but what would the formula contain so
that I am
getting the holidays to be taken out also, and would I
need to create a
separate range with a date list of those holidays I wish
to be taken
out? Thanks terribly! Jacob

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