# numpy.busday_count

numpy.busday_count(begindates, enddates, weekmask='1111100', holidays=[], busdaycal=None, out=None)

  Counts the number of valid days between begindates and enddates, not including the day of enddates.

  If `enddates` specifies a date value that is earlier than the corresponding `begindates` date value, the count will be negative.

  New in version 1.7.0.

  Parameters:
    begindates array_like of datetime64[D]

      The array of the first dates for counting.

    enddates array_like of datetime64[D]

      The array of the end dates for counting, which are excluded from the count themselves.

    weekmask str or array_like of bool, optional

      A seven-element array indicating which of Monday through Sunday are valid days. May be specified as a length-seven list or array, like [1,1,1,1,1,0,0]; a length-seven string, like ‘1111100’; or a string like “Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri”, made up of 3-character abbreviations for weekdays, optionally separated by white space. Valid abbreviations are: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

    holidays array_like of datetime64[D], optional

      An array of dates to consider as invalid dates. They may be specified in any order, and NaT (not-a-time) dates are ignored. This list is saved in a normalized form that is suited for fast calculations of valid days.

    busdaycal busdaycalendar, optional

      A `busdaycalendar` object which specifies the valid days. If this parameter is provided, neither weekmask nor holidays may be provided.

    out array of int, optional

      If provided, this array is filled with the result.

  Returns:
    out array of int

      An array with a shape from broadcasting `begindates` and `enddates` together, containing the number of valid days between the begin and end dates.

  See also

  `busdaycalendar`

    An object that specifies a custom set of valid days.

  `is_busday`

    Returns a boolean array indicating valid days.

  `busday_offset`

    Applies an offset counted in valid days.

  Examples

      >>> # Number of weekdays in January 2011
      ... np.busday_count('2011-01', '2011-02')
      21
      >>> # Number of weekdays in 2011
      >>> np.busday_count('2011', '2012')
      260
      >>> # Number of Saturdays in 2011
      ... np.busday_count('2011', '2012', weekmask='Sat')
      53