ISO Week Number Calculator

Enter a date to find its ISO 8601 week number along with the start and end dates of that week. Also see a static table listing all 52 or 53 weeks of a given year.

Weeks of 2023

2023 has 52 weeks in total.

Week Start (Mon) End (Sun)
Week 1 2023/01/02 2023/01/08
Week 2 2023/01/09 2023/01/15
Week 3 2023/01/16 2023/01/22
Week 4 2023/01/23 2023/01/29
Week 5 2023/01/30 2023/02/05
Week 6 2023/02/06 2023/02/12
Week 7 2023/02/13 2023/02/19
Week 8 2023/02/20 2023/02/26
Week 9 2023/02/27 2023/03/05
Week 10 2023/03/06 2023/03/12
Week 11 2023/03/13 2023/03/19
Week 12 2023/03/20 2023/03/26
Week 13 2023/03/27 2023/04/02
Week 14 2023/04/03 2023/04/09
Week 15 2023/04/10 2023/04/16
Week 16 2023/04/17 2023/04/23
Week 17 2023/04/24 2023/04/30
Week 18 2023/05/01 2023/05/07
Week 19 2023/05/08 2023/05/14
Week 20 2023/05/15 2023/05/21
Week 21 2023/05/22 2023/05/28
Week 22 2023/05/29 2023/06/04
Week 23 2023/06/05 2023/06/11
Week 24 2023/06/12 2023/06/18
Week 25 2023/06/19 2023/06/25
Week 26 2023/06/26 2023/07/02
Week 27 2023/07/03 2023/07/09
Week 28 2023/07/10 2023/07/16
Week 29 2023/07/17 2023/07/23
Week 30 2023/07/24 2023/07/30
Week 31 2023/07/31 2023/08/06
Week 32 2023/08/07 2023/08/13
Week 33 2023/08/14 2023/08/20
Week 34 2023/08/21 2023/08/27
Week 35 2023/08/28 2023/09/03
Week 36 2023/09/04 2023/09/10
Week 37 2023/09/11 2023/09/17
Week 38 2023/09/18 2023/09/24
Week 39 2023/09/25 2023/10/01
Week 40 2023/10/02 2023/10/08
Week 41 2023/10/09 2023/10/15
Week 42 2023/10/16 2023/10/22
Week 43 2023/10/23 2023/10/29
Week 44 2023/10/30 2023/11/05
Week 45 2023/11/06 2023/11/12
Week 46 2023/11/13 2023/11/19
Week 47 2023/11/20 2023/11/26
Week 48 2023/11/27 2023/12/03
Week 49 2023/12/04 2023/12/10
Week 50 2023/12/11 2023/12/17
Week 51 2023/12/18 2023/12/24
Week 52 2023/12/25 2023/12/31

Tips

  • Notations like "WK32" or "2026-W30" seen on manufacturing lot codes or shipping documents follow the same ISO 8601 week numbering shown by this tool.
  • If a project management tool (Jira, Asana, etc.) labels a sprint "Week 32", look up the corresponding date here to cross-check against the same ISO standard.
  • Dates around New Year's deserve extra care: if January 1st falls on a Sunday, it can actually belong to week 52 of the previous year.
  • Click "Today" to instantly fill in the current date and see which week number you're in right now.

FAQ

It's a numbering scheme defined by the ISO 8601 international standard that divides a year into Monday-to-Sunday weeks and numbers them sequentially. Week 1 is defined as the week containing January 4th, and this convention is widely used across Europe and in manufacturing and logistics industries.

No. Most years have 52 weeks, but roughly once every 5 to 6 years a year has 53 weeks instead. This depends on how the leftover days (beyond a multiple of 7) in a 365- or 366-day year are distributed relative to the Thursday rule.

Under ISO 8601 the week always starts on Monday. This differs from the US-style calendar convention, which starts the week on Sunday, so the same date can end up in a different week number depending on which convention is used.

Because ISO week numbers are decided by which year the week's Thursday falls in. If January 1st falls on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, that week's Thursday is still in the previous year, so January 1st is counted as part of the previous year's final week (week 52 or 53).

Yes. Besides the ISO 8601 convention used by this tool (Monday-start, Thursday-based), other systems exist, such as the US-style Sunday-start convention. When exchanging week numbers in international documents or systems, it's worth confirming which convention is being used.
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Side Note — Why Thursday Decides the Week Number

The ISO 8601 rule for week numbering can feel counterintuitive at first: which year (and which week number) a week belongs to is decided not by its start (Monday) but by its Thursday. The logic is that a week belongs to whichever year contains the majority of its seven days. Since Thursday is the fourth day of a Monday-starting week — exactly the midpoint — checking which year Thursday falls in is a simple shortcut for determining which year holds the majority of that week's days.

A side effect of this rule is that the week containing January 1st isn't always "week 1." If January 1st falls on a Friday, Saturday, or Sunday, that week's Thursday actually falls in the previous year, so January 1st gets counted as part of the previous year's final week (week 52 or 53). Conversely, if December 31st falls on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, the week containing it becomes week 1 of the following year.

Whether a year has 52 or 53 weeks is also a consequence of this Thursday rule. A common year (365 days) is 52 weeks plus one extra day, and a leap year (366 days) is 52 weeks plus two extra days — and whichever year that leftover day's Thursday falls into determines whether the year needs a 53rd week. This happens roughly 71 times every 400 years, or about once every 5 to 6 years.

Because ISO week numbers (Monday-based) differ from the US-style calendar week numbering (Sunday-based) used in some spreadsheets and calendars, the same date can be reported as a different week number depending on the convention. When week numbers matter for cross-border business — such as manufacturing lot codes or international logistics — it's worth explicitly stating that ISO 8601 is the convention being used.