I always assumed the term is used specifically to differentiate it from "working days", but talking to my bank today they claimed that "calendar days" doesn't include weekends and bank holidays.

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[–] scholar@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

They're definitely thinking of working days, calendar days are days on a calendar.

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Isn't every day is a calendar day?

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 4 months ago

Not February 30th.

[–] brewery@feddit.uk 15 points 4 months ago

Calendar days to me would be actual days, I.e. including weekends and bank holidays. There is no way it can be the same as working days!

[–] HumanPenguin@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago

Cannot see why anyone would use calendar days. Unless they were trying to distinguish from working days.

So yes that would mean weekend and bank holidays.

[–] farmgineer@nord.pub 4 points 4 months ago

Working days: weekdays excluding holidays.

Calendar days: actual days.

as per my almost-half-century on the planet (at least in English).

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Okay so this is an old thread but I'm going to respond anyway because it's interesting and nobody else said this.

"Calendar day" means whole days - midnight to midnight.

So for example if a website says "Once you begin your application it must be submitted within 3 calendar days" this means regardless of when on the first day you start it, you have until midnight on the third day to finish.

This is different from 'days' which could ambiguously mean either whole days or periods of 24 hours, depending on interpretation.

So "calendar day" is a more specific term intended to resolve that ambiguity.

(And yes, it does includes weekends and other non-working days)