How can I use moment.js to add days, excluding weekends?
This solution is simple, easy to follow, and works well for me:
function addBusinessDays(originalDate, numDaysToAdd) {
const Sunday = 0;
const Saturday = 6;
let daysRemaining = numDaysToAdd;
const newDate = originalDate.clone();
while (daysRemaining > 0) {
newDate.add(1, 'days');
if (newDate.day() !== Sunday && newDate.day() !== Saturday) {
daysRemaining--;
}
}
return newDate;
}
This will do it based on any starting date, and without a costly loop. You calculate the number of weekend days you need to skip over, then just offset by the number of weekdays and weekends, together.
function addWeekdays(year, month, day, numberOfWeekdays) {
var originalDate = year + '-' + month + '-' + day;
var futureDate = moment(originalDate);
var currentDayOfWeek = futureDate.day(); // 0 = Sunday, 1 = Monday, ..., 6 = Saturday
var numberOfWeekends = Math.floor((currentDayOfWeek + numberOfWeekdays - 1) / 5); // calculate the number of weekends to skip over
futureDate.add(numberOfWeekdays + numberOfWeekends * 2, 'days'); // account for the 2 days per weekend
return futureDate;
}
Try: moment-business-days
It should help you.
Example:
var momentBusinessDays = require("moment-business-days")
momentBusinessDays('20-09-2018', 'DD-MM-YYYY').businessAdd(3)._d
Result:
Tue Sep 25 2018 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (IST)
You could also not use external lib and do a simple function like one of these two:
const WEEKEND = [moment().day("Saturday").weekday(), moment().day("Sunday").weekday()]
const addBusinessDays1 = (date, daysToAdd) => {
var daysAdded = 0,
momentDate = moment(new Date(date));
while (daysAdded < daysToAdd) {
momentDate = momentDate.add(1, 'days');
if (!WEEKEND.includes(momentDate.weekday())) {
daysAdded++
}
}
return momentDate;
}
console.log(addBusinessDays1(new Date(), 7).format('MM/DD/YYYY'))
console.log(addBusinessDays1('09-20-2018', 3).format('MM/DD/YYYY'))
// This is the somewhat faster version
const addBusinessDays2 = (date, days) => {
var d = moment(new Date(date)).add(Math.floor(days / 5) * 7, 'd');
var remaining = days % 5;
while (remaining) {
d.add(1, 'd');
if (d.day() !== 0 && d.day() !== 6)
remaining--;
}
return d;
};
console.log(addBusinessDays2(new Date(), 7).format('MM/DD/YYYY'))
console.log(addBusinessDays2('09-20-2018', 3).format('MM/DD/YYYY'))
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They are slightly modified from this post and I think are a good alternative to external library you have to carry/deal with (assuming this is the only part you need and not other features of that lib).