Skipping weekend in boundary event(timer)

Hi,
I have BPM project that contain a few human task flow for approval. In every human task flow , I have set the boundary event (timer: interrupting event). I have set it to escalate to other project manager if the time cycle :3 days( 0 Months 3 Days 0:0:0).
Right now, after I set this, every 3 day (include weekend) it will escalate to other project manager. Is there any way that I can do to skip the weekend? That means the calculation only calculate working days.
I know the timer have an option to use expression. How can I use the expression to calculate working day?

I haven't had the need yet to skip non-working days, but here's how I'd approach it.
I would not use a boundary timer event for this escalation. Instead, first set up a calendar using the Workspace that does not include weekends as working days. Next, open the human task associated with the Interactive activity -> click the "Deadlines" tab -> check the checkbox in the upper right corner that says "Base Expiration on Business Calendar" -> for the "Task Durations Settings" dropdown, select "Escalate after" -> click the dropdown below it and change this to "By Expression" -> click the XPath expression builder to the right of the field -> from the dropdown under "Functions" select "BPM Functions".
This is where it gets a bit tricky. I'd look at the "getAbsoluteDurationFromBusinessCalendar()" method first.
Hope this gets you going,
Dan

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AK
click here to open this script in your editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; color: #222; background: #DDD; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:400px">-- AK Oct 2007
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