duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-goodies — pull request #285 by mgarriott (2014-01-15 01:28:53+00:00)
Title: Workdays Between Goodie

**What does your instant answer do?**
Calculates the number of workdays between two dates.

*Note: Due to the complexity involved, this goodie does not take holidays into account. It simply returns the number of weekdays between two dates.*

**What problem does your instant answer solve (Why is it better than organic links)?**
This goodie provides a simple and straight forward calculation for the common task of calculating work days. It is a simple enough calculation that requiring an additional click seems excessive.

**What is the data source for your instant answer? (Provide a link if possible)**
None. This is implemented in pure perl.

**Why did you choose this data source?**
N/A

**Are there any other alternative (better) data sources?**
N/A

**What are some example queries that trigger this instant answer?**

workdays between 01/06/2014 01/10/2014
workdays between 01/06/2014 01/10/2014 inclusive
workdays between 12/06/2013 12/15/2013

**Which communities will this instant answer be especially useful for? (gamers, book lovers, etc)**
Anyone could benefit from this instant answer, but I imagine it will be most useful to folks at work.

**Is this instant answer connected to a DuckDuckHack instant answer idea?**
Yes. [https://duck.co/ideas/idea/839/workdays-between-two-dates](https://duck.co/ideas/idea/839/workdays-between-two-dates)

**Which existing instant answers will this one supercede/overlap with?**
This provides similar functionality to the DaysBetween instant answer.

**Are you having any problems? Do you need our help with anything?**
Not at this time.

### Checklist ###

Please place a ✔ where appropriate.

[✔] Added metadata and attribution information
[✔] Wrote test file and added to t/ directory
[✔] Verified that instant answer adheres to design guidelines(https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo-documentation/blob/master/duckduckhack/styleguides/design_styleguide.md)
[] Tested cross-browser compatability

Please let us know which browsers/devices you've tested on:
- Windows 8
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 10

- Windows 7
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 8
[] IE 9
[] IE 10

- Windows XP
[] IE 7
[] IE 8

- Mac OSX
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] Safari

- iOS (iPhone)
[] Safari Mobile
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- iOS (iPad)
[] Safari Mobile
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- Android
[] Firefox
[] Native Browser
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera