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How to Compute Business Days for a Date Range in SQL or PLSQL (Doc ID 1014162.6)

Last updated on MAY 30, 2023

Applies to:

PL/SQL - Version 8.1.7.3 and later
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 8.1.7.3 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal

 The Oracle SQL*Plus or PL/SQL user wishes to subtract two dates and calculate the number of business days between them, by excluding weekends.

Solution

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