How does the planner count working days?

It counts the days in your working week across the whole year, then takes away each selected holiday or added date that falls on one of them. A date counts once, even when two holidays share it, and a holiday on a day you don’t work isn’t taken away again. With Monday to Friday and every listed holiday, England and Wales have 253 working days in 2027.

Which calendars does it cover?

The United Kingdom (England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), the US federal calendar, France, all 16 German states and Poland, for 2026 and 2027. They are the public holiday lists TimeOff imports, each checked against its official source on 21 October 2026. US state calendars, Canada, Spain and other countries are not covered.

What happens when a holiday falls on a weekend?

The planner uses each calendar’s published dates. When a UK bank holiday falls on a weekend, the list has its substitute weekday instead. A US federal holiday on a Saturday is observed on the Friday before, and one on a Sunday on the Monday after, for most federal employees; the planner lists the observed date. France, Germany and Poland keep a holiday on its date. Where a holiday on a Saturday gives your team another day off, as it can in Poland, add the day your employer sets as an additional date.

Can I add company closures or a local holiday?

Yes. Open Working week & holiday settings and add up to 50 dates to each plan: a company closure, a local holiday or a replacement day. Each counts once, like a listed holiday. To move a holiday, untick its listed date and add the new one.

Is anything I enter saved or sent?

No. The planner runs in your browser. It stores nothing, sends nothing and keeps your choices out of the page address, so reloading starts again. Downloads are files you save yourself: one-off snapshots, not subscriptions.

Is this legal or HR advice?

No. The counts are arithmetic on the calendars, working weeks and dates you choose. They don’t decide anyone’s entitlement or pay, or whether a workplace must close. Check contracts, your own policies and each location’s official source.

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Location

Country

Nation

Year

Planning assumption: Monday–Friday. Check which listed holidays and additional dates your team takes off.

Working week & holiday settings

England and Wales

Select the days usually worked.

Choose which holidays are days off (8 selected)

Checked = treated as non-working in this plan.

1 JanNew Year’s Day26 MarGood Friday29 MarEaster Monday3 MayEarly May Bank Holiday31 MaySpring Bank Holiday30 AugSummer Bank Holiday27 DecChristmas Day (substitute)28 DecBoxing Day (substitute)

Additional dates off (0)

Add actual local holidays, replacement days or company closures. Whole dates only; these are your inputs. When replacing a holiday that remains a working day, uncheck its original date as well.

Date

Reason

Published bank holidays, including substitute days. Local and employer-specific closures are not included. GOV.UK: UK bank holidays (opens in a new tab)

This models selected whole dates off, not a right to leave or holiday pay. Added dates are user-entered planning inputs. Individual leave, changing rotas and partial-day holiday hours are not included.

253working days

England and Wales · 2027 · Mon–Fri

261 scheduled days − 8 dates off
= 253 working days8 listed dates; 8 reduce this total.

England and Wales: Published bank holidays, including substitute days. Local and employer-specific closures are not included.

England and Wales · source checked 21 Oct 2026

Listed holiday / added dateNon-working day

2027 monthly working-day totals
Month	Scheduled days	Holidays on workdays	Working days
	21	1	20
	20	0	20
	23	2	21
	22	0	22
	21	2	19
	22	0	22
	22	0	22
	22	1	21
	22	0	22
	21	0	21
	22	0	22
	23	2	21
2027 total	261	8	253

Scheduled days follow your chosen weekdays. Only selected holidays on those days are deducted; weekends and holidays are never deducted twice.

Holidays & added dates · England and Wales

Listed holidays and added dates with their treatment in this plan
Date	Holiday	Effect on working days
1 Jan 2027Friday	New Year’s Day	1 day excluded
26 Mar 2027Friday	Good Friday	1 day excluded
29 Mar 2027Monday	Easter Monday	1 day excluded
3 May 2027Monday	Early May Bank Holiday	1 day excluded
31 May 2027Monday	Spring Bank Holiday	1 day excluded
30 Aug 2027Monday	Summer Bank Holiday	1 day excluded
27 Dec 2027Monday	Christmas Day (substitute)	1 day excluded
28 Dec 2027Tuesday	Boxing Day (substitute)	1 day excluded

8 listed dates. Selected holidays only reduce the count on scheduled weekdays. Sources & calculation rules

A planning count for general guidance only. It is not legal, HR or payroll advice and creates no legal obligation or commitment for TimeOff.Management.

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Count working days.
Not just weekdays.

Start with the days in your working week, then remove selected holidays that land on those days. A holiday on a day you already do not work does not get subtracted again.

In a comparison, shared working days are calendar dates when both locations are marked as working. The planner compares dates, not time-zone overlap or individual availability.

Read the assumptions behind the numbers

Read our guide to UK working days in 2026

A few useful answers.

What the planner counts—and what it does not.

How does the planner count working days?: It counts the days in your working week across the whole year, then takes away each selected holiday or added date that falls on one of them. A date counts once, even when two holidays share it, and a holiday on a day you don’t work isn’t taken away again. With Monday to Friday and every listed holiday, England and Wales have 253 working days in 2027.
Which calendars does it cover?: The United Kingdom (England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland), the US federal calendar, France, all 16 German states and Poland, for 2026 and 2027. They are the public holiday lists TimeOff imports, each checked against its official source on 21 October 2026. US state calendars, Canada, Spain and other countries are not covered.
What happens when a holiday falls on a weekend?: The planner uses each calendar’s published dates. When a UK bank holiday falls on a weekend, the list has its substitute weekday instead. A US federal holiday on a Saturday is observed on the Friday before, and one on a Sunday on the Monday after, for most federal employees; the planner lists the observed date. France, Germany and Poland keep a holiday on its date. Where a holiday on a Saturday gives your team another day off, as it can in Poland, add the day your employer sets as an additional date.
Can I add company closures or a local holiday?: Yes. Open Working week & holiday settings and add up to 50 dates to each plan: a company closure, a local holiday or a replacement day. Each counts once, like a listed holiday. To move a holiday, untick its listed date and add the new one.
Is anything I enter saved or sent?: No. The planner runs in your browser. It stores nothing, sends nothing and keeps your choices out of the page address, so reloading starts again. Downloads are files you save yourself: one-off snapshots, not subscriptions.
Is this legal or HR advice?: No. The counts are arithmetic on the calendars, working weeks and dates you choose. They don’t decide anyone’s entitlement or pay, or whether a workplace must close. Check contracts, your own policies and each location’s official source.

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Coverage, calculation rules & sources

Which calendars are included?

United Kingdom: England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. United States: the federal calendar. France: the national calendar. Germany: all 16 states. Poland: the national calendar. Each is the public holiday list TimeOff imports for that location, for 2026 and 2027. US state calendars, Canada, Spain and other countries are not covered.

Dates, observance and an employer’s actual plan

US federal holidays that fall on a weekend are listed on the weekday most federal employees observe them, marked “observed”. A UK bank holiday on a weekend is listed on its substitute weekday. France, Germany and Poland keep each holiday on its date. German Unity Day (3 October) is a holiday in every German state by federal law, the Unification Treaty, so a state’s own holiday law may not list it. In Bavaria, Assumption Day is a holiday only in municipalities with a mainly Catholic population; Corpus Christi in Saxony and Thuringia applies only in some municipalities and is not listed. Poland’s Saturday-holiday replacement days are not automatically assigned: the employer chooses dates within the applicable reference period. The displayed total is not the statutory working-time quota. A company may choose additional days, but this tool does not decide legal eligibility.

Additional dates off

Add up to 50 whole-day local, replacement or company dates per plan. These are clearly marked as user-entered in the holiday list and exports. A date is counted once even if an added day coincides with a selected published holiday; an already non-working weekday is not deducted twice. Select only the dates your plan actually treats as off. Added dates and holiday selections reset when the location or year changes, with a message.

Sources travel with the result

Each calendar’s source and the date it was checked travel with the result: on screen, in both CSV files, in the calendar file and in print. Passing calculation tests does not verify a source, and the page’s build date is not a check date.

How the numbers work

Working days = selected weekdays in the year minus distinct selected dates off on those weekdays. Shared working dates count the intersection of the two daily plans. Different working dates count dates where exactly one plan works. Dates use UTC civil-date arithmetic, not local-midnight durations. No time-zone overlap, holiday pay, annual entitlement or individual availability is calculated.

Privacy and downloads

The planner runs in your browser. No names, account or email address are required. Added dates stay in this open page and are not saved to browser storage. CSV, calendar and print exports are one-off snapshots, not subscriptions.

Sources checked 21 October 2026

The holiday lists are TimeOff’s, from app release 2026-10-14.1; each was checked against its official source below.

Method working-days-v2.0

Disclaimer

This planner and the information on this page are provided for general guidance only. Counts are arithmetic on the calendars, working weeks and dates you choose, using the method shown; they are not legal, HR or payroll advice, and they do not decide anyone’s entitlement, pay or whether a workplace must close. Using the planner creates no legal obligation, commitment or liability for TimeOff.Management. Public holidays, contracts and local arrangements differ: check each location’s official source and your own policies, and take qualified advice before you rely on a count.