Day checker?

[Scottish2]

Hi

Does anyone know of a webiste or free program where you can enter in any date and get what day of the week it was? Like if I entered in March 26, 1871 it would say that this was a for example a Monday.

Just wondering if such a tool exists?

[Sue C]

Hi Dave,
The perpetual calender is what you need http://www.fim.co.uk/remember/calender.htm
 Regards,
Sue

[Scottish2]

Thank you so much for the quick reply!

[Kazza]

Hi Sue C,

You may like to post a link to this useful site in the common room.  

Kazza.

[Sue C]

Hi Dave,
No problem , you will also be interested in this link I am sure http://www.albion.edu/english/calendar/
Calculate the date of Easter and the other major feasts from 1492 onwards, sometimes in Parish records it says someone was born so many days after aReligious festival, instead of giving the actual date... Also includes days of the week etc too.
Regards,
Sue

[Scottish2]

Which one is accurate? Reason I ask is try putting March 26, 1871 into both and one says it was a Friday and one says it was a Sunday. Both can't be right.  

[Sue C]

You are obviously typing your date into "old style" BEFORE 1752 on  http://www.albion.edu/english/calendar/

You must use the second one on the page "new style" that's for dates AFTER 1752

You will then find it to be Sunday.

You must remember the change over of Calenders!
Regards,
Sue

[Scottish2]

Well on that site I clicked on Day of the week and I would assume this would come up with accurate days depending on the year??? Which is first search is right then why it comes up differently?

[Chris in 1066Land]

Hi there

This may help understand the changeover of dates:

According to my Oracle

GREGORIAN / JULIAN CALENDARS
England were using the Old Style Julian Calendar
Continent were using New Style Gregorian Calendar (1582)
      + Scotland in 1600
The Old Style Calendar started on 25th March each year not 1st Jan –
“which is why a baby can be born in November and baptised in February the same year”.
Old Style Calendar out by 11 days in 1751, but Chesterfield’s Act of 1751 corrected this.
I was decreed that 1752 would begin on 1st January
2nd September would be followed by 14th September.
      11 September days missing !!

Therefore
1750 commenced 25 March 1750 – ended 24 March 1750/1
1751 commenced 25 March 1751 – ended 31 December 1751
1752 commenced 1 January 1752 – 31st December 1752
with 11 September Days Missing.

Chris in 1066Land