Begin of the insertion**Problem statement - Pain**End of the insertion Begin of the deletion **Pain**End of the deletion

It is currently hard to create project schedules as when work packages span a weekend the weekend days are counted as normal working days (as are non-working days).

When projects change the start day of a work package the calculation of the finish date does not take into account any non-working days between the start and the finsih Begin of the insertiondate.End of the insertion Begin of the deletion date. End of the deletion

> **Example**
> A task starts on Monday and finishs on Friday. If the the task is delayed by one day the finish date is set for the Saturday. Since this is a non-working day in this scenario the more accurate calculation for the finish date would be Monday.

Begin of the insertion**Solution - pain killer**End of the insertion Begin of the deletion **Solution**End of the deletion

Begin of the insertion* OpenProject shipsEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion It would be great if you could define a calendarEnd of the deletion with Begin of the insertiondefault working-day calendars of non-workingEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion holidays and non workingEnd of the deletion days Begin of the insertionfor 10-25 countries or regions (e.g. Berlin, California, Austria, Germany)
* **Example Berlin:** Default working day is Monday - Friday
* _01/01/2020 (Wednesday): New Year's Day_
* _08/03/2020 (Sunday): International Women's Day_
* _10/04/2020 (Friday): Good Friday_
* _12/04/2020 (Sunday): Easter Sunday_
* _13/04/2020 (Monday): Easter Monday_
* _01/05/2020 (Friday): Labour Day_
* _08/05/2020 (Friday): Day of Liberation_
* _21/05/2020 (Thursday): Ascension Day_
* _01/06/2020 (Monday): Whit Monday_
* _03/10/2020 (Saturday): Day of German Unity_
* _25/12/2020 (Friday): Christmas Day_
* _26/12/2020 (Saturday): Boxing Day_
* For each each installation an Admin can setEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion so that whenEnd of the deletion a Begin of the insertiondefault working-day calendar which is preset for all projects.
* For each projectEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion work package taking 3 days that starts onEnd of the deletion a Begin of the insertionProject Admin can adjust this project setting (e.g. selectEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion Friday (assuming Sat & Sun are defined as non working) it will automatically showEnd of the deletion the Begin of the insertionworking-day calendar for Bavaria).
* The calculation of the finish date takes the availability calendar into account (see example in the problem statement).End of the insertion Begin of the deletion end on Tues (not Sun as it currently does).End of the deletion

Begin of the insertion**Out of Scope for the MVC**

End of the insertion * Begin of the insertionAdjustingEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion This would haveEnd of the deletion the Begin of the insertiondefault calendars, e.g. copying a calendar and add, remove and rename non-working days.
* Non-working-daysEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion benefitEnd of the deletion of Begin of the insertionindividual team members.
* Subscribe to external calendars, e.g. Google calendars.
* Duration calculation based on people assignments andEnd of the insertion Begin of the deletion auto scheduling allEnd of the deletion work Begin of the insertion(effort) estimate (fixed work mode).End of the insertion Begin of the deletion packages that have a ‘following’ relationship set.End of the deletion