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Live answerISO week 21 of 20262026-05-18 is Monday, ISO weekday 1. The Thursday anchor is 2026-05-21, so the date belongs to ISO week-year 2026 and week 21.
Live resultISO week 21 of 20262026-05-18 is Monday, ISO weekday 1. The Thursday anchor is 2026-05-21, so the date belongs to ISO week-year 2026 and week 21.
Formula used

ISO week number: convert the date to a UTC Gregorian date, move to the Thursday in the same Monday-starting week, set the ISO week-year from that Thursday, then count seven-day blocks from the Thursday in ISO week 1.

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Week Number Calculator: ISO week 21 of 2026. 2026-05-18 is Monday, ISO weekday 1. The Thursday anchor is 2026-05-21, so the date belongs to ISO week-year 2026 and week 21.

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ISO week number: convert the date to a UTC Gregorian date, move to the Thursday in the same Monday-starting week, set the ISO week-year from that Thursday, then count seven-day blocks from the Thursday in ISO week 1.
  1. Apply the formulaISO week number: convert the date to a UTC Gregorian date, move to the Thursday in the same Monday-starting week, set the ISO week-year from that Thursday, then count seven-day blocks from the Thursday in ISO week 1.ISO week 21 of 20262026-05-18 is Monday, ISO weekday 1. The Thursday anchor is 2026-05-21, so the date belongs to ISO week-year 2026 and week 21.

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Year
2,026
Use the Gregorian calendar year printed on the date.
Month
5
January is 1, December is 12.
Day of month
18
If the day is beyond the month length, the calculator clamps it to the last valid day.

Resulting answer

ISO week 21 of 2026

2026-05-18 is Monday, ISO weekday 1. The Thursday anchor is 2026-05-21, so the date belongs to ISO week-year 2026 and week 21.

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ISO week 21 of 2026
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2026-05-18 is Monday, ISO weekday 1. The Thursday anchor is 2026-05-21, so the date belongs to ISO week-year 2026 and week 21.

Assumptions used

What this answer assumes

Use the ISO week-year beside the week number whenever a date is close to January or December.

  • The date is interpreted in the proleptic Gregorian calendar at UTC midnight for stable arithmetic.
  • ISO weeks start on Monday and end on Sunday.
  • ISO week 1 is the week containing the first Thursday of the ISO week-year, which is equivalent to the week containing 4 January.
  • Some business, school, payroll or local calendars use non-ISO week labels; check the rule set before using the number in official records.

Master’s Tip

How to use the result well

Master’s Tip: near New Year, always print the ISO week-year as well as the week number. 1 January can belong to week 52 or 53 of the previous ISO week-year, and late December can belong to week 1 of the next one.

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Year
2,026
Use the Gregorian calendar year printed on the date.
Month
5
January is 1, December is 12.
Day of month
18
If the day is beyond the month length, the calculator clamps it to the last valid day.

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ISO week 21 of 2026

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ISO week 21 of 20262026-05-18 is Monday, ISO weekday 1. The Thursday anchor is 2026-05-21, so the date belongs to ISO week-year 2026 and week 21.

Inputs

Year
2,026
Month
5
Day of month
18

Method

ISO week number: convert the date to a UTC Gregorian date, move to the Thursday in the same Monday-starting week, set the ISO week-year from that Thursday, then count seven-day blocks from the Thursday in ISO week 1.

  1. For 18 May 2026, the date is a Monday. The Thursday in the same ISO week is 21 May 2026. Counting from the Thursday of ISO week 1 gives week 21, and the ISO week-year remains 2026.

Assumptions

  • The date is interpreted in the proleptic Gregorian calendar at UTC midnight for stable arithmetic.
  • ISO weeks start on Monday and end on Sunday.
  • ISO week 1 is the week containing the first Thursday of the ISO week-year, which is equivalent to the week containing 4 January.
  • Some business, school, payroll or local calendars use non-ISO week labels; check the rule set before using the number in official records.

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