previous-business-days

date-time →
previous-business-days(
    count: integer
) → date

Returns a new date value corresponding to the date passed as the argument, counting backward the business days (being weekdays different of Saturday and Sunday) specified as the parameter. It always returns a business day, as such if the date passed as the argument is a weekend, it considers that this date was the Friday before the argument value.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
count	integer	Yes	The count of business days to move forward.

Examples

#"2024-01-15 12:30:00" | previous-business-days(2) → #"2024-01-11"

Kind: Function
Scope: temporal
Aliases: temporal-to-previous-business-days, previous-business-day, subtract-business-days