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July 5, 2000 was a
Wednesday

July 5, 2000 was a Wednesday — that’s 9,468 days ago. Below you can see exactly how to work the weekday out in your head with the Doomsday algorithm, along with a few other facts about the date.

Weekday
Wednesday
Day of year
187 of 366
ISO week
Week 27
Leap year?
Yes
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Days ago
9,468

How to solve: July 5, 2000

  1. 1
    Century anchor2000s→Tuesday (2)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 120 ÷ 12→0
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 120 % 12→0
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 40 ÷ 4→0
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(2 + 0 + 0 + 0) % 7→2 → Tuesday
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  6. 6
    Month doomsdayJuly→11th
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  7. 7
    Distance5 − 11→-6
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  8. 8
    Final answer(2 + -6) % 7→3 → Wednesday

On this day in history

  • 1994Amazon is founded
  • 1996Birth of Dolly the sheep (first cloned mammal)

Related dates

Day beforeJuly 4, 2000 — TuesdayDay afterJuly 6, 2000 — ThursdayOne year earlierJuly 5, 1999 — MondayOne year laterJuly 5, 2001 — Thursday
Want to be able to do this for any date in seconds? Read the guide or practice the algorithm.
Did you know? Did you know that in the financial world, 'Black Wednesday' refers to a major currency crisis that occurred on September 16, 1992?