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June 17, 2001 was a
Sunday

June 17, 2001 was a Sunday — that’s 9,123 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
Sunday
Day of year
168 of 365
ISO week
Week 24
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Days ago
9,123

How to solve: June 17, 2001

  1. 1
    Century anchor2000s→Tuesday (2)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 121 ÷ 12→0
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 121 % 12→1
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 41 ÷ 4→0
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(2 + 0 + 1 + 0) % 7→3 → Wednesday
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  6. 6
    Month doomsdayJune→6th
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  7. 7
    Distance17 − 6→11
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  8. 8
    Final answer(3 + 11) % 7→0 → Sunday

Related dates

Day beforeJune 16, 2001 — SaturdayDay afterJune 18, 2001 — MondayOne year earlierJune 17, 2000 — SaturdayOne year laterJune 17, 2002 — Monday
Want to be able to do this for any date in seconds? Read the guide or practice the algorithm.
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