Two full business days represents a time period of 48 hours, not including the day you requested the locate ticket, weekends or holidays. Day one begins at 12 a.m. the day AFTER you request a locate ticket. To ensure that you've allowed enough time for locates, you'll want to do some pre-planning by following the examples below.

	In this illustration, the excavator wants to dig Thursday morning at 7 a.m. By requesting the locate ticket on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday represent days one and two and digging can begin at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday.
	In this illustration, the excavator wants to dig Thursday morning at 7 a.m., but a holiday falls on Monday. By requesting the locate ticket on Friday, Tuesday and Wednesday represent days one and two and digging can begin at 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday.

Use this chart to determine which day to request a locate ticket