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DayPlus[date,n]

gives the date n days away from date.

DayPlus[date,n,daytype]

gives the date that is n days of daytype away from date.

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DayPlus

DayPlus[date,n]

gives the date n days away from date.

DayPlus[date,n,daytype]

gives the date that is n days of daytype away from date.

Details and Options

  • Date can be specified in the following forms:
  • DateObject[…]date object
    {y,m,d}year, month, day
    {y,m}the first day of the specified month
    {y}January 1 of the year y
    "string"date as a string ("Jan. 1, 2000")
    {y,m,d,h,m,s}precise time
    timeabsolute time specification
  • DayPlus returns a DateObject.
  • Possible day types are:
  • Allany calendar date (default)
    "Weekday"date considered a weekday
    "Weekend"date considered a weekend
    "Holiday" holiday according to HolidayCalendar
    "NonHoliday"date that is not a holiday
    "BusinessDay"non-holiday weekday
    "NonBusinessDay"holiday or weekend
    "WeekdayHoliday"holiday on a weekday
    "WeekendHoliday"holiday on a weekend
    "WeekendNonHoliday"non-holiday weekend
    Monday, Tuesday, …a specific day of the week
    "EndOfMonth"final day of a given month
    "BeginningOfMonth"first day of a given month
  • In the Jewish calendar, the weekdays are Sunday through Thursday.
  • DayPlus takes the following options:
  • CalendarTypeAutomaticcalendar in which the dates have been specified
    HolidayCalendar{"UnitedStates","Default"}holiday schedule and subspecification for the business day and holiday computations

Examples

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Basic Examples  (4)

Five days from the first of the year:

Wolfram Language code: DayPlus[{2022}, 5]

Five days before the first of the year:

Wolfram Language code: DayPlus[{2022}, -5]

Five business days from today:

Wolfram Language code: DayPlus[Today, 5, "BusinessDay"]

Five Sundays away from the first of March 2022:

Wolfram Language code: DayPlus[{2022, 3}, 5, Sunday]

Scope  (2)

250 Sundays away:

Wolfram Language code: DayPlus[{2022}, -250, Sunday]

There are about 250 business days in a year:

Wolfram Language code: DayPlus[{2022, 1, 1}, 250, "BusinessDay"]

Options  (3)

CalendarType  (1)

Compute the Islamic day five business days away, subject to the US holiday schedule:

Wolfram Language code: DayPlus[{1443, 7, 1}, 5, "BusinessDay", CalendarType -> "Islamic"]

HolidayCalendar  (2)

Compare the dates 250 business days away in different countries:

Wolfram Language code: Table[DayPlus[{2022}, 250, "BusinessDay", HolidayCalendar -> i], {i, {"China", "UnitedStates"}}]

Different markets within a country may have different holiday schedules:

Wolfram Language code: Table[DayPlus[{2022, 4}, 30, "BusinessDay", HolidayCalendar -> {"UnitedStates", i}], {i, CalendarData["UnitedStates"]}]

Properties & Relations  (1)

Business date difference can be computed by using DayCount:

Wolfram Language code: With[{first = Take[DateList[], 2]}, DayCount[first, DatePlus[first, {{1, "Month"}, {-1, "Day"}}], "BusinessDay"]]
Wolfram Research (2012), DayPlus, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DayPlus.html (updated 2025).

Text

Wolfram Research (2012), DayPlus, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DayPlus.html (updated 2025).

CMS

Wolfram Language. 2012. "DayPlus." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. Last Modified 2025. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DayPlus.html.

APA

Wolfram Language. (2012). DayPlus. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DayPlus.html

BibTeX

@misc{reference.wolfram_2026_dayplus, author="Wolfram Research", title="{DayPlus}", year="2025", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DayPlus.html}", note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}

BibLaTeX

@online{reference.wolfram_2026_dayplus, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={DayPlus}, year={2025}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/DayPlus.html}, note=[Accessed: 12-June-2026]}