How to calculate duration based on workdays, and deduct 0.5 days

JGei

Hello, I would like to track planned leave and duration for my team. On my sheet, I have "Start Date", "Half Day Start", "End Date"; and "Half Day End" columns.

If Start Date is Mon 24-Jun-2024 and Half Day Start is Ticked; and

End Date is Wed 26-Jun-2024 and Half Day End is Ticked, the Duration should be 2 days

I am using this formula

=NETDAYS([Start Date]@row, [End Date]@row) + IF([Half Day Start]@row = "Yes", -0.5, 0) + IF([Half Day End]@row = "Yes", -0.5, 0)

but the duration is showing as 3d, which is incorrect. How can I fix this please?

Mark.poole

@JGei

The check box is binary. So change the "Yes" to a 1. see how that helps.

=NETDAYS([Start Date]@row, [End Date]@row) + IF([Half Day Start]@row = 1, -0.5, 0) + IF([Half Day End]@row = 1, -0.5, 0)

How ever if you run into an issue that includes weekends I would use NETWORKDAYS instead.

=NETWORKDAYS([Start Date]@row, [End Date]@row) + IF([Half Day Start]@row = 1, -0.5, 0) + IF([Half Day End]@row = 1, -0.5, 0)

If you want to be able to do a column formula. Change your column from duration to text/number and at the end of your formula put +"d".

The Image below is using the text/number columns instead of duration columns.

Mark.poole

@JGei

The check box is binary. So change the "Yes" to a 1. see how that helps.

=NETDAYS([Start Date]@row, [End Date]@row) + IF([Half Day Start]@row = 1, -0.5, 0) + IF([Half Day End]@row = 1, -0.5, 0)

How ever if you run into an issue that includes weekends I would use NETWORKDAYS instead.

=NETWORKDAYS([Start Date]@row, [End Date]@row) + IF([Half Day Start]@row = 1, -0.5, 0) + IF([Half Day End]@row = 1, -0.5, 0)

If you want to be able to do a column formula. Change your column from duration to text/number and at the end of your formula put +"d".

The Image below is using the text/number columns instead of duration columns.

JGei

Thank you very much! Problem solved!