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shipArrivalDate ( startDate ; numberOfDays ; saturday )

Shows a shipping arrival date while taking into account non-ship days (sat sun).

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Tim Flynn - Show more from this author beezwax datatools http://www.beezwax.net

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//name: shipArrivalDate //purpose: returns the date of the start date plus the number of days WHILE still accounting for weekends. Allows user to specify whether saturday is a working day or not for the purposes of shipping. //params: //startDate: (the initial date) //numberOfDays: (how many WORKING days after the start date) //saturday: if saturday = "y" then saturday IS a working day, otherwise not. Let(v=If(saturday="y"; "2,3,4,5,6,7";"2,3,4,5,6") ; If(Filter ( DayOfWeek(startDate+1) ; v ); If(numberOfDays -1=0;startDate+1; shipArrivalDate(startDate+1;numberOfDays-1;saturday)); shipArrivalDate(startDate+1;numberOfDays;saturday ) )) Click to copy

Use this when trying to determin how many working days it will take for a package to arrive or a check to clear. This allows you to specify whether Saturday is a working day or not (use "y" if you wish Sat. to be a working day, leave blank otherwise).

 

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