Assistant: Hello! I handle your requests in natural language, such as:
“Analyze the period from November 1, 2025, to April 25, 2028.”
or
“Add 100 business days to February 25, 2026.”
or
“Next Thursday at 2:12 PM + 124 working hours”
or
“I won't be working first week of next may (going to Greece)”
Assistant:
I understand all languages.
How many working days in year 1996?
Here is the detail of the calculation:
Because 1996 is a leap year, it has 366 days.
Let's remove 52 saturdays and 52 sundays. It remains 262 days.
Now, let's remove 9 public holidays that do not fall during a weekend and we obtain 253 working days in 1996.
Here is the list of these 9 public holidays:
1. Jour de l'An : monday, 1 january, 1996
2. Saint-Joseph : tuesday, 19 march, 1996
3. Vendredi Saint : friday, 5 april, 1996
4. Jeudi de l'Ascension : thursday, 16 may, 1996
5. Fête-Dieu : thursday, 6 june, 1996
6. Fête nationale suisse : thursday, 1 august, 1996
7. Assomption : thursday, 15 august, 1996
8. Toussaint : friday, 1 november, 1996
9. Noël : wednesday, 25 december, 1996
And here is the public holiday falling on a weekend:
1. Immaculée Conception : sunday, 8 december, 1996