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August 6, 2010 was a
Friday

August 6, 2010 was a Friday — that’s 5,785 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
Friday
Day of year
218 of 365
ISO week
Week 31
Leap year?
No
Zodiac sign
Leo
Days ago
5,785

How to solve: August 6, 2010

  1. 1
    Century anchor2000s→Tuesday (2)
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  2. 2
    Divide by 1210 ÷ 12→0
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  3. 3
    Remainder of 1210 % 12→10
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  4. 4
    Divide remainder by 410 ÷ 4→2
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  5. 5
    Year's doomsday(2 + 0 + 10 + 2) % 7→0 → Sunday
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  6. 6
    Month doomsdayAugust→8th
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  7. 7
    Distance6 − 8→-2
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  8. 8
    Final answer(0 + -2) % 7→5 → Friday

On this day in history

  • 1945Atomic bombing of Hiroshima
  • 1991First website goes online

Related dates

Day beforeAugust 5, 2010 — ThursdayDay afterAugust 7, 2010 — SaturdayOne year earlierAugust 6, 2009 — ThursdayOne year laterAugust 6, 2011 — Saturday
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 Friday is the most common day for banks to release new loan rates?