The basic steps for a date in the years 2000-2099 are as follows: Example date July 13th, 2004

1. Take the last 2 digits of the year and add a quarter onto itself. (04 + 1 = 5) 2. Get the corresponding code for the month. (January = 6, February = 2, March = 2, etc. See month codes for details). July = 5 3. Take the day. (=13) 4. Add the numbers together (5 + 5 + 13 = 23) 5. Take away 7 (or multiples of 7) until a number from 1-7 is left. (23 - 21 =2) 6. This number corresponds to the day of the week. (1 = Monday, 2 = Tuesday, etc.) In this case 2 = Tuesday

Other points to take into account

Apart from the basic steps, other elements have to be taken into account: When adding a quarter of the year onto itself, If the quarter of the year is not a whole number, simply ignore the decimals. Do not round up. Therefore 27/4 = 6.75 = 6, and 2/4 = 0.5 = 0. Leap years: subtract 1 from the total if the month is January or February. Negative numbers. During the calculation you get 0 or negative numbers, just add seven until you get a number from 1-7. Different "centuries" *. o o o o o 1700s add 5 1800s add 3 1900s add 1 2100s subtract 2 2200s subtract 4

(* For this method we have to consider a '00' year as part of the new century)

The codes for the months

At first the hardest part is learning the codes for the months. They are as follows:

Jan 6

Feb 2

Mar 2

Apr. May 5 0

Jun 3

Jul 5

Ago Sept Oct 1 4 6

Nov 2

Dec 4

Try to use some memory system to remember the codes for the months. for example, February is the 2nd month, March 2 music, etc. Try to find associations that will remind you. If need be, you can add 7 or multiples of 7 to any of these values to help you remember them. For example, August could be 1 or 8, and as it is the 8th month, it may be easier to remember with 8 than with 1. This may be useful if you can match it with a well-known date. You could remember that the code for December is 25 (4+21), or for someone's birthday. The negative aspect of this is that you'll be taking away the 7 (or multiples) towards the end of the calculations, and you'll be working with bigger numbers.

Leap Years
Remember that leap years are not always every 4 years. There are exceptions. Years that end in 00 are not leap years unless it is a multiple of 400. Therefore 1700, 1800, 1900, and 2100 are not leap years, but 2000 is.