Doomsday rule

way of calculating the day of the week of a given date
Thing calculation Q963762

Facts

4 properties
Defining formula
\begin{matrix}\left({\left\lfloor{\frac{y}{12}}\right\rfloor+y \bmod 12+\left\lfloor{\frac{y \bmod 12}{4}}\right\rfloor}\right) \bmod 7+\rm{anchor}=\rm{Doomsday}\end{matrix}[5]
Discoverer or inventor
John Horton Conway[2]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Doomsday algorithm en Doomsday rule ar قاعدة يوم القيامة de Doomsday-Methode es regla Doomsday fr algorithme de jour du Jugement dernier he כלל יום הדין it algoritmo Doomsday ja ドゥームズデー・ルール ja ドゥームズデー・アルゴリズム ja ドゥームズデイ・ルール ja 「終末の日」の方法 ko 둠스데이 알고리즘 ru Алгоритм Судного дня sv Domedagsalgoritmen sv Domedagsregeln zh 判决日法则 zh 判決日法則
🔖 Identifiers · 3
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID
doomsday, doomsdayAlgorithm
Freebase ID
/m/02y3yx
Quora topic ID
Doomsday-Algorithm
🔗 Connections
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Created notable works 1
Discoverer or inventor 1
Maintained by WikiProject 1
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Doomsday rule is a calculation[1].

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