How many working days in year 2000?
Here is the detail of the calculation:
Because 2000 is a leap year, it has 366 days.
Let's remove 53 saturdays and 53 sundays. It remains 260 days.
Now, let's remove 12 public holidays that do not fall during a weekend and we obtain 248 working days in 2000.
Here is the list of these 12 public holidays:
1. New Year's Day (observance) : Monday, 3 January, 2000
2. Coming of Age Day : Monday, 10 January, 2000
3. Foundation Day : Friday, 11 February, 2000
4. Vernal Equinox Day : Monday, 20 March, 2000
5. Constitution Memorial Day : Wednesday, 3 May, 2000
6. Greenery Day : Thursday, 4 May, 2000
7. Children's Day : Friday, 5 May, 2000
8. Marine Day : Monday, 17 July, 2000
9. Respect-for-Aged Day : Monday, 18 September, 2000
10. Health and Sports Day : Monday, 9 October, 2000
11. Culture Day : Friday, 3 November, 2000
12. Labor Thanksgiving Day : Thursday, 23 November, 2000
And here are the 4 public holidays falling on a weekend:
1. New Year's Day : Saturday, 1 January, 2000
2. Shōwa Day : Saturday, 29 April, 2000
3. Autumnal Equinox Day : Saturday, 23 September, 2000
4. Emperor's Birthday : Saturday, 23 December, 2000