Subtract business days from a date

You can subtract business days from an existing date by using the WORKDAY.INTL function.
This function will ignore Saturdays and Sundays by default.

	A
1	=TODAY() = Friday 29 November 2024
2	=NOW() = Friday 29 November 2024 11:44:05
3	=WORKDAY.INTL(A1, -7) = 20 Wednesday November 2024

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 date that is 7 business days before the date in cell "A1".

Built-in Functions

TODAY - The date serial number representing today's date.
NOW - The date serial number of the current system date and time.
WORKDAY.INTL - The date serial number that is a given number of working days before or after a date.

Related Formulas

Add business days to a date
Subtract business days from a date changing the days of the weekend
Subtract business days from a date excluding public holidays
Number of business days between 2 dates