Weeks Calculator
For helping you determine the precise number of weeks and days between two dates, we built this week calculator, also known as a week counter. Enter your dates (or add or subtract weeks from a start date) and get an instant count.
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With the week counter, you can calculate the number of weeks between two dates and get an exact, instant result whenever you need it.
How to use the week counter?
To get the desired result, provide the start and end dates, and the calculator will give the number of weeks with leftover days. Change the entries anytime and the output updates.
Weeks between dates
If you want to calculate the number of weeks between two dates, follow these steps:
- Calculate the number of days between the start and end dates. Tip: Check our days calculator for day counting.
- Calculate the number of weeks by dividing the day count by 7, since there are 7 days in a week.
- Separate the figures after the decimal point and convert them to days by multiplying by 7.
- The answer is the number of whole weeks and the remainder days.
How to calculate the number of weeks between dates?
To make this calculation more concrete, here is a real example of calculating the number of weeks between dates.
We want to calculate the number of weeks between April 6 and August 1 needed for the professional training of an employee:
- We count the number of days between the two dates as 117 days.
- We divide 117 / 7 = 16.714 weeks. That means 16 whole weeks and 0.714 of a week.
- We multiply 0.714 × 7 to get the rest of the days = 5 days.
- The number of weeks between April 6 and August 1 is 16 weeks and 5 days.
FAQ
What is the formula to find the number of weeks in Excel?
Spreadsheet software such as Microsoft Excel or Google Sheets can find the difference between two dates by counting the days between them and dividing by 7:
=DAYS(end_date, start_date) / 7
Related: How many weeks in a month.