Week

1 Week = 7 Days

A week has seven days:

But it doesn't have to be Monday to Sunday ... ... a week can be any period of 7 days. Example: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday Monday, and Tuesday together make one week. Or from Saturday to Friday It could also go from one time to the same time 7 days later: Example: From Midday on Thursday to Midday the next Thursday is also one week.

This calendar highlights one week (click on any day, a whole week will be shown):

Weeks in a Month

Months have different lengths:

• If the Month has 30 Days, then it has 4 Weeks and 2 Days.
• If the Month has 31 Days, then it has 4 Weeks and 3 Days.
• February has exactly 4 weeks, except in a Leap Year it has 4 weeks and 1 Day.

In general you can say:

Weeks in a Year

• A normal year has 365 days, which is 52 Weeks and 1 Day.
• A leap year has 366 days, which is 52 Weeks and 2 Days.

Weekdays and Weekend

A weekday is one of the days when people normally go to work or school. In most English-speaking countries the weekdays are:

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

The weekend is the days at the end of the week that are not weekdays. In most English-speaking countries the weekend is:

Saturday and Sunday.