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Google Apps Script : Process only on business day


Have you ever planed to execute Google Apps Script only on business day? Send mail only on business day, or process on the weekend except holiday, etc. I thought script to make it.

First, write core script and set trigger to work on weekdays.

Process except Holiday

It means to process only on business day. Get holiday information from Google Calendar.

Add the following code to the first of the process.

It stop the process on Sunday and Saturday, and also on holiday in Japanese holiday calendar, prepared by Google. You can configure the day on which the script works, by setting trigger, too.

It is good to create function that returns bool value.

If you have other special holiday, create special holiday calendar and add some code to check it. Calendar ID which should be passed to getCalendarById is saw in the page of its calendar.

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