Add days to a date not landing on a weekend

You can add a certain number of days to an existing date which will return the Monday when the date is either a Saturday or a Sunday.

	A
1	=TODAY() = Friday 29 November 2024
2	=NOW() = Friday 29 November 2024 11:44:05
3	6
4	=A2+A3 = Thursday, 05 December, 2024 11:44 AM
5	=A4 = Thursday
6	=WEEKDAY(A4) = 5
7	=IF(A6>5, A4+(8-A6), A4) = Thursday, 05 December, 2024 11:44 AM

1 - Displays the current date. Custom format "dddd dd mmmm yyyy".
2 - Displays the current date and time. Custom format "dddd dd mmmm yyyy hh:mm:ss".
3 - Displays the number of days that you want to add.
4 - Displays 6 days after the date in cell A1
5 - Displays this date formatted with "dddd"
6 - Displays a number from 1 (Monday) to 7 (Sunday) representing the corresponding day of the week.
7 - Displays the date which is a certain number of days after an existing date that ignores Saturdays and Sundays.
All these cells have been formatted with the custom number format "dddd mmmm yyyy".

Built-in Functions

IF - The value based on whether a condition is True or False.
NOW - The date serial number of the current system date and time.
TODAY - The date serial number representing today's date.
WEEKDAY - The day of the week for a given date.

Related Formulas

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