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How to calculate project start date based on end date in Excel

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To calculate a project start date or custom date based on an end date and duration in days, you can use the WORKDAY function.

Note: WORKDAY function does not count the start date as a workday.

Formula

=WORKDAY(start,-days,holidays)

Explanation

In the example shown, the formula in E5 is:

=WORKDAY(C5,-D5,holidays)

where “holidays” is the named range G5:G9.

How this formula works

This formula is uses the WORKDAY function, which returns a date in the future or past, based on start date and required work days. WORKDAY automatically excludes weekends, and can also exclude holidays if provided as a range of dates.

Worked Example:   Add business days to date in Excel

In the example shown, the project end date is in column C, and days is in column D. The end date represents a due date or target date, and days represents duration in work days. In column E, the WORKDAY function calculates a date by which the project must start in order to finish by the end date.

Worked Example:   Add workdays to date custom weekends in Excel

In this case, we need to count backwards from the end date, so we supply days as a negative number. For holidays, we provide the named range”holidays”, which includes the dates in G5:G9. The dates will not be included as workdays.

With a negative value for days, WORKDAY moves in time from the end date, taking into account weekends and holidays, and returns December 19, 2018 as the start date. If holidays are not provided, the same formula returns a start date of December 24.

Worked Example:   Calculate series of dates by workdays in Excel

Custom workdays

If your schedule requires custom workdays (i.e. weekdays are not Monday-Friday) you can substitute the WORKDAY.INTL function for WORKDAY. For example, to calculate a start date for a project where workdays include Saturday, you could use:

=WORKDAY.INTL(C5,-D5,11,holidays)

WORKDAY.INTL can be configured in many ways.

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