Excel WEEKNUM Function
Summary
The Excel WEEKNUM function takes a date and returns a week number (1-54) that corresponds to the week of year. The WEEKNUM function starts counting with the week that contains January 1. By default, weeks begin on Sunday.
Purpose
Get the week number for a given date
Return value
A number between 1 and 54.
Syntax
=WEEKNUM (serial_num, [return_type])
Arguments
- serial_num - A valid Excel date in serial number format.
- return_type - [optional] The day the week begins. Default is 1.
Usage notes
The WEEKNUM function starts counting with the week that contains January 1. The return_type argument controls which day of the week is used to begin a new week number. Return_type is optional and defaults to 1.
With a return_type of 1-17, week number 1 in a given year is assigned to the week that contains January 1. With return_type 21, week 1 is the week containing the first Thursday of the year, following ISO 8601.
| Return_type | Week begins |
|---|---|
| 1 (default) | Sunday |
| 2 | Monday |
| 11 | Monday |
| 12 | Tuesday |
| 13 | Wednesday |
| 14 | Thursday |
| 15 | Friday |
| 16 | Saturday |
| 17 | Sunday |
| 21 | Monday (see note above) |
WEEKNUM formula examples
To get the week number from the day from a date, you can use the WEEKNUM function. In the example shown, the formula in C5, copied down, is:
=WEEKNUM(B5)
With the date January 5, 2016 in B5, WEEKNUM returns 2 as the...
To sum by week number, you can use a formula based on the SUMIFS function. In the example shown, the formula in H5 is:
=SUMIFS(total,color,$G5,week,H$4)
where total (D5:D16), color (B5:B16), and week (E5:E16) are...
To pad week numbers (or any number) with zeros using a formula, you can use the TEXT function.
In the example show, D5 contains this formula:
=TEXT(WEEKNUM(B5,21),"00")
Which returns the string "07".
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