EVERYDAY CLARITY

Weekday Calculator

Find the day of the week for a past or future Gregorian calendar date.

Enter your values

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Gregorian calendar date in YYYY-MM-DD format; years 0001 through 9999.

Use the stated calendar or timestamp format.

Your result
Weekday
Thursday

Result for the values shown.

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What to enter
InputMeaning and units
Calendar dateGregorian calendar date in YYYY-MM-DD format; years 0001 through 9999.

Understanding your result

Calendar results use the stated counting and anniversary convention. Complete months and years differ from fixed day counts.

Common mistakes

  • Counting both end dates when the method excludes a boundary, or assuming all months have equal length.
  • Assuming the ISO week-year always equals the calendar year.

Check your calculation

  • Test a short known interval and a leap-day boundary; for working days, verify your holiday list.

Calculation checks, sources and review limits

What day of the week was or will this date be?

Find the day of the week for a past or future Gregorian calendar date.

Common uses

  • Find the day of the week for a past or future Gregorian calendar date.

How it works

Compute Gregorian ordinal modulo seven, with 0001-01-01 Monday. Calendar arithmetic uses the proleptic Gregorian calendar. Explicit calendar dates are independent of local daylight-saving changes. Month/year additions clamp to the last valid day of the destination month. Timestamp arithmetic requires a stated UTC offset and excludes leap seconds.

Worked example

Enter Calendar date: 2024-02-29. The result is Weekday: Thursday.

FAQ

What day of the week was or will this date be?

Compute Gregorian ordinal modulo seven, with 0001-01-01 Monday. Calendar arithmetic uses the proleptic Gregorian calendar. Explicit calendar dates are independent of local daylight-saving changes. Month/year additions clamp to the last valid day of the destination month. Timestamp arithmetic requires a stated UTC offset and excludes leap seconds.

What assumptions and limits apply?

Date-only calculation.