• ACCURATE
  • HOLIDAYS
  • DATA
  • HUMAN

How to calculate business days with your AI

Connect this MCP once to give your AI the ability to handle date math. It handles the calendar logic so you don't have to.

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Short answer

How do I calculate business days with my AI?

Your AI uses the Days Between Dates Calculator to find the number of working days between two specific dates. It automatically skips weekends and checks for regional holidays to give you an accurate count. You'll see the breakdown of how it handles the math below.

The outcomes

What you get

This is what happens after you give your AI two dates.

ACCURATE

Correct working days

The AI identifies the exact number of business days between your start and end dates. It ignores Saturdays and Sundays automatically.

HOLIDAYS

Holiday-aware counts

The agent checks for regional holidays that fall within your range. This ensures your project timelines don't include non-working days.

DATA

Clean date math

You get a single integer representing the business day count. No manual spreadsheet formulas are required.

HUMAN

Review the logic

You decide if the holiday logic matches your specific regional calendar. The AI provides the count, but you confirm the context.

The workflow

What your AI does when the request arrives.

The AI moves from raw dates to a finalized business day count through these steps.

  1. Identify the range

    The AI extracts the start and end dates from your chat message.

    verify_holiday_status

  2. Check for holidays

    The agent looks up whether any regional holidays fall between those two dates.

    verify_holiday_status

  3. Calculate the gap

    The AI runs the math to find the number of days, excluding weekends and the holidays found.

    count_business_days

  4. Deliver the answer

    The agent presents the final number of business days to you in the chat.

    count_business_days

Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to trigger the calculation immediately.

Starting points

Swap the bracketed text for your actual dates and locations.

Days Between Dates Connector

You're all set. Choose your MCP client and follow the setup instructions.

Connector linkhttps://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_GOWFQtcoLamIae4dpZXHepvRCma9btXbfRUrBXl8/mcp

Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Days Between Dates capabilities are ready to use.
Configuration · claude_desktop_config.jsonCopy
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      "url": "https://edge.vinkius.com/vk_preview_GOWFQtcoLamIae4dpZXHepvRCma9btXbfRUrBXl8/mcp"
    }
  }
}
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  • Calculate the business days between [Date A] and [Date B].

  • How many working days are there from [Date A] to [Date B] in [Region]?

  • Find the business days between [Date A] and [Date B], making sure to skip [Region] holidays.

  • Check the number of business days between the start of [Project Name] on [Date] and its deadline on [Date].

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FAQ

How this task behaves

  • 01

    Does the AI automatically know my local holidays?

    No. You need to tell the AI which region to check for holidays so it can use the verify_holiday_status tool correctly.

  • 02

    Can the AI change my calendar events?

    No. This MCP only reads dates to perform calculations. It cannot create, delete, or modify any events in your calendar.

  • 03

    Will it include weekends in the count?

    No. The count_business_days tool is specifically designed to skip Saturdays and Sundays.

  • 04

    Can I use this for custom work weeks?

    No. The tool is built to skip standard weekends. It does not support custom non-standard work schedules.

  • 05

    Does it work with any date format?

    Yes, as long as your AI client can parse the date you type, it can pass that information to the tool.

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