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How many working days in year 1996?

Here is the detail of the calculation:

Because 1996 is a leap year, it has 366 days.

Let's remove 52 saturdays and 52 sundays. It remains 262 days.

Now, let's remove 10 public holidays that do not fall during a weekend and we obtain 252 working days in 1996.

Here is the list of these 10 public holidays:

1. Anul Nou : Monday, 1 January, 1996
2. A doua zi după Anul Nou : Tuesday, 2 January, 1996
3. Ziua Unirii Principatelor Române : Wednesday, 24 January, 1996
4. Vinerea Mare : Friday, 12 April, 1996
5. A doua zi de Paște : Monday, 15 April, 1996
6. Ziua Muncii : Wednesday, 1 May, 1996
7. A doua zi de Rusalii : Monday, 3 June, 1996
8. Adormirea Maicii Domnului : Thursday, 15 August, 1996
9. Crăciunul : Wednesday, 25 December, 1996
10. A doua zi de Crăciun : Thursday, 26 December, 1996

And here are the 5 public holidays falling on a weekend:

1. Paște ortodox : Sunday, 14 April, 1996
2. Ziua Copilului : Saturday, 1 June, 1996
3. Rusalii : Sunday, 2 June, 1996
4. Sfântul Andrei : Saturday, 30 November, 1996
5. Ziua Națională a României : Sunday, 1 December, 1996