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July 2, 2001 was a
Monday

July 2, 2001 was a Monday — that’s 9,106 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
Monday
Day of year
183 of 365
ISO week
Week 27
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Days ago
9,106

How to solve: July 2, 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 doomsdayJuly→11th
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  7. 7
    Distance2 − 11→-9
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  8. 8
    Final answer(3 + -9) % 7→1 → Monday

On this day in history

  • 1962First Walmart store opens

Related dates

Day beforeJuly 1, 2001 — SundayDay afterJuly 3, 2001 — TuesdayOne year earlierJuly 2, 2000 — SundayOne year laterJuly 2, 2002 — Tuesday
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 the third Monday of January is often referred to as 'Blue Monday' and is considered the most depressing day of the year?