I have two date fields. I want to find out the difference in days between those two date fields excluding weekends in a different field on the same record. Explain how this can be achieved

AI generated answer (using internal Slack threads):

To find the difference in days between two date fields excluding weekends, you can use SuiteScript along with a third-party library like moment-business-days. This library extends the functionality of the popular Moment.js library to add calculations that exclude weekends. Here's a basic example of how you could use it:

javascript
var moment = require('moment-business-days');
var startDate = nlapiGetFieldValue('startdate');
var endDate = nlapiGetFieldValue('enddate');

startDate = moment(startDate);
endDate = moment(endDate);

var diffDays = startDate.businessDiff(endDate);

In this example,

nlapiGetFieldValue

is a SuiteScript function that gets the value of a field on the current record.

moment

is a function provided by the Moment.js library that creates a Moment.js date object from a string, and

businessDiff

is a function provided by the moment-business-days library that calculates the difference in business days between two dates. Please note that this solution requires you to add the moment-business-days library to your NetSuite account and reference it in your SuiteScript file. Also, this solution only excludes weekends. If you need to exclude holidays as well, you would need to add those dates to the library's list of non-business days. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******