Date:         Thu, 18 Jan 2007 11:12:14 -0500
Reply-To:     Venky Chakravarthy <swovcc@HOTMAIL.COM>
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Venky Chakravarthy <swovcc@HOTMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: # WEEKdays between two SAS dates
Comments: To: Howard Alper <halper@HEALTH.NYC.GOV>

On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:58:59 -0500, Howard Alper <halper@HEALTH.NYC.GOV>
wrote:

>Hi,
>
>  I'm trying to calculate the number of weekdays (Monday, Tuesday,
>Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) between two SAS dates.  I know of
>functions like YRDIF and DATDIF, but these don't seem to have the option of
>calculating only weekdays.  Does SAS have a function for this?  If not, how
>might such a difference be calculated?
>
>  Thanks in advance,
>
>  Howard Alper

Excluding the weekend is easy as Toby has shown but you may find it a
greater challenge to account for Holidays assuming that is is a concern as
well.

Venky Chakravarthy