HOW TO: Determine If a Date Falls on a Weekend or on a Holiday in Access 2000

This article shows you how to create a Visual Basic for Applications function to determine if a date falls on a weekend or holiday. This example is useful for setting due dates in applications that have billing or invoicing features.

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Create a Holidays Table

The following example requires a table with a particular structure for storing Holiday dates. To create the table and sample records, follow these steps:

1. Create a new table in Design view and add the following fields:

      Table: Holidays
      -----------------------
      Field Name: HolidayName
        Data Type: Text
      Field Name: HoliDate
        Date Type: Date/Time
   					

2. Save the table as Holidays and switch the table to Datasheet view. Add the following records:

      HolidayName                         HoliDate
      --------------------------------------------
      New Year's Day                      1/1/2000
      Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (USA)   1/15/2000
      Memorial Day (observed-USA)         5/29/2000
      Labor Day (USA)                     9/4/2000
   					

3. Close and save the Holidays table.

Create the Custom Function

To create a function that determines if a date falls on a weekend or holiday, follow these steps:

1. Create a new module in Design view.
2. Add the following function:

   Function OfficeClosed(TheDate) As Integer
      
      OfficeClosed = False
        TheDate = Format(TheDate, "dd/mm/yyyy")
      ' Test for Saturday or Sunday.
      If WeekDay(TheDate) = 1 Or WeekDay(TheDate) = 7 Then
          OfficeClosed = True
      ' Test for Holiday.
      ElseIf Not IsNull(DLookup("HoliDate", "Holidays", "[HoliDate]=#" _
        & TheDate & "#")) Then
          OfficeClosed = True
      End If
   
   End Function
   					

3. To test this function, type the following line into the Immediate window, and then press ENTER:

   ? OfficeClosed(#9/4/2000#)
   					

   Note that this returns a True value (-1) because 9/4/2000 is listed in the Holidays table.

Usage Example

You can use the custom OfficeClosed() function to calculate due dates. For example, if your office or business is closed for a three-day weekend, you may want to extend your customers' grace period for their outstanding bills. Here's sample code for adding one more day to a grace period:

For more information about the Weekday() function, in the Visual Basic Editor, click Microsoft Visual Basic Help on the Help menu, type weekday function in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

For additional information about the DLookup() function, please click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: