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August 4, 2004 was a
Wednesday

August 4, 2004 was a Wednesday — that’s 7,978 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
217 of 366
ISO week
Week 32
Leap year?
Yes
Zodiac sign
Leo
Days ago
7,978

How to solve: August 4, 2004

  1. 1
    Century anchor2000s→Tuesday (2)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 124 ÷ 12→0
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 124 % 12→4
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 44 ÷ 4→1
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(2 + 0 + 4 + 1) % 7→0 → Sunday
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  6. 6
    Month doomsdayAugust→8th
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  7. 7
    Distance4 − 8→-4
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  8. 8
    Final answer(0 + -4) % 7→3 → Wednesday

On this day in history

  • 1961Birth of Barack Obama

Related dates

Day beforeAugust 3, 2004 — TuesdayDay afterAugust 5, 2004 — ThursdayOne year earlierAugust 4, 2003 — MondayOne year laterAugust 4, 2005 — 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 Wednesday is named after Odin, the Norse god of wisdom and poetry?