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Free Week Number Calculator

ISO 8601 week number for a given date.

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ISO 8601 week number for a given date.

What is the Week Number Calculator?

ISO 8601 week number for a given date.

How does the Week Number Calculator work?

Enter the inputs above and read the result.

Formula

ISO 8601 week: Thursday of the week determines the week-year

Variables

  • dtAdjusted date pointing to week's Thursday

Explanation

ISO weeks start on Monday, and week 1 is the week containing the year's first Thursday.

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            Related concepts

            The Week Number Calculator sits inside the Date & Time Calculators hub, in the date arithmetic & calendars cluster. Adding to or classifying a date. Understanding the terms below makes the output easier to interpret and easier to compare against neighbouring measures.

            calendar ruleweekdayleap yearweek number

            Practical use cases and industry applications

            Understanding Week Number

            ISO 8601 week number for a given date. Within date & time calculators, week number belongs to the date arithmetic & calendars cluster, where it shares terminology and assumptions with closely related tools.

            Learning how week number is calculated

            ISO weeks start on Monday, and week 1 is the week containing the year's first Thursday. Working through the variables one at a time — dt — makes the result reproducible by hand and easier to sanity-check.

            Using week number to make a decision

            Because outputs depend on the assumptions you enter, run more than one scenario before committing to a figure.

            How week number compares with related measures

            calendar rule, weekday, leap year, week number all describe adjacent aspects of date arithmetic & calendars. Comparing this calculator's output against those measures — using the related tools listed on this page — prevents a single metric from being read in isolation.

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