Chinese Workdays

Calculate legal working days in China according to official government holiday schedules. Uses State Council-published arrangements to exclude weekends, public holidays, and include makeup workdays. Supports date ranges, months, quarters, and full years with automatic holiday calendar management.

Chinese Workdays Calculator

Calculate the number of working days between two dates according to Chinese government holiday schedules.

Features

• 📅 Uses official Chinese holiday schedules published by the State Council
• 🔢 Calculates法定工作日 (legal working days) excluding weekends and public holidays
• 📊 Supports holiday makeup workdays (调休补班)
• 🗂️ Stores yearly holiday schedules in simple YAML data files
• 🔄 Can be updated when new annual holiday arrangements are released
• 📊 Provides monthly and yearly statistics
• 🤖 CLI tool for quick calculations

Quick Start

Basic calculation

python

from chinese_workdays import ChineseWorkdays

calc = ChineseWorkdays()
workdays = calc.count_workdays("2026-01-01", "2026-12-31")
print(f"2026年全年工作日: {workdays}天")

Monthly statistics

python

march_workdays = calc.get_workdays_in_month(2026, 3)  # 22天

Usage Examples

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How many working days are there in March 2026?
Working days in Q1 2026?
Calculate workdays between 2026-02-10 and 2026-03-20
How many workdays in 2026?

Command Line

bash

# Quick calculations
python workdays_cmd.py 2026-03          # March 2026
python workdays_cmd.py 2026-Q1          # Q1 2026
python workdays_cmd.py 2026             # Full year
python workdays_cmd.py 2026-01-01 2026-06-30  # Custom range

Data Format

Holiday schedules are stored in YAML format in the data/ directory:

yaml

year: 2026
country: "China"
holidays:
  - name: "元旦"
    start: "2026-01-01"
    end: "2026-01-03"
    days_off: ["2026-01-01", "2026-01-02"]  #放假日期
    makeup_workdays: ["2025-12-28", "2026-01-04"]  # 调休上班
    note: "官方通知原文"

Updating Schedules

The State Council releases next year's holiday arrangement in November. Update the YAML file accordingly:

1. Locate the official notice at https://www.gov.cn/gongbao/
2. Extract dates and makeup workdays
3. Edit data/2027.yaml (or the relevant year)

Implementation Details

• Uses Python's datetime for date arithmetic
• Holiday data stored as YAML for easy editing
• Supports makeup workdays that override weekend status
• Handles holidays that span multiple days

Limitations

• Requires holiday schedules to be defined for the years being calculated
• Only works for dates after 2000 (easily extendable)
• Does not automatically fetch new schedules (manual update needed)
• Data accuracy depends on correct YAML configuration

Examples of Output

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📅 工作日统计
📊 期间: 2026-01-01 至 2026-12-31
📏 总天数: 365
💼 法定工作日: 248 天

工作日占比: 68.0%

📋 期间包含的节假日:
  • 元旦: 2026-01-01 ~ 2026-01-03
  • 春节: 2026-02-15 ~ 2026-02-23
  ...

Technical Notes

Calculation Priority

1. Makeup workdays (highest priority) → always counted as working days
2. Public holidays → excluded from working days
3. Weekends (Saturday/Sunday) → excluded unless makeup workday
4. Regular weekdays → counted as working days

Algorithm

python

for each day in date_range:
    if day in makeup_workdays:
        count += 1
    elif day in public_holidays:
        skip
    elif day is weekend:
        skip
    else:
        count += 1

Files Structure

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chinese-workdays/
├── SKILL.md              # This file
├── __init__.py           # Package entry point
├── chinese_workdays.py   # Core calculation engine
├── workdays_cmd.py       # CLI tool
├── README.md             # User documentation (optional)
└── data/
    ├── 2026.yaml         # 2026 holiday schedule (official)
    └── 2027.yaml         # 2027 holiday schedule (template)

License

MIT License - Free to use and modify.