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Primary Developer: Liam Bastick

General Cover Notes:

This shows a simple way to calculate the number of Fridays, Saturdays, etc. in a given month.

Any queries, please e-mail: liam.bastick@sumproduct.com

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1 Illustrative Example 3
a. Illustrative Calculations 4
2 Appendix 5
a. Days of the Week 6

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Section Cover Notes:

Practcal illustration of how to calculate the number of days in a month for a particular day of the week.

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Illustrative Calculations

Assumptions

Start Year 2019

Weekday Saturday

Ouputs

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4
2020 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4
2021 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 4
2022 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5
2023 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 5

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Lists the days of the week for reference.

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Days of the Week Names:

Weekdays LU_Weekdays
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

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