October 16, 2026 is in ISO week 42 of 2026 (a Friday). Week 42 runs from October 12 to October 18, 2026. This is day 289 of 365 in the calendar year.
Date details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| ISO week | 42 |
| ISO week-year | 2026 |
| Day of week (ISO) | Friday (5) |
| Day of year | 289 of 365 |
| Week starts (Mon) | October 12 |
| Week ends (Sun) | October 18, 2026 |
| Days remaining in year | 76 |
| Leap year | No |
💡 Did you know? The ISO week date system was introduced in 1988 (ISO 8601) to standardize week numbering across countries. The US, Canada, UK, and Australia have their own week numbering systems for legacy reasons. International business and government documents (EU, UN, ISO) all use ISO weeks.
Frequently Asked Questions
October 16, 2026 is in ISO week 42 of 2026. Week 42 runs from October 12 to October 18, 2026.
ISO 8601 defines a week-numbering system where weeks start on Monday and week 1 of a year is the week containing the year's first Thursday. Weeks are numbered 01-53. The week-based year may differ from the calendar year (e.g. Jan 1, 2021 was in week 53 of 2020).
Most years have 52 ISO weeks. Years that start on a Thursday (or leap years that start on a Wednesday) have 53 weeks. Examples of 53-week years: 2004, 2009, 2015, 2020, 2026.
Today is in week 42 of 2026. Use the form to look up any date.
The US week starts on Sunday and week 1 contains January 1. The ISO week starts on Monday and week 1 contains the first Thursday. Most of the world uses ISO weeks for business, government, and commerce.
In Excel: =ISOWEEKNUM(A1) returns the ISO week number. For the US week (starting Sunday): =WEEKNUM(A1, 1). For the ISO week-based year: =ISOWEEKNUM(A1) + (YEAR(A1 + 3 - WEEKDAY(A1, 3)) - YEAR(A1) > 0) * 1000 (more complex).
The ISO week-year is the calendar year that contains the Thursday of the given week. So January 1, 2021 is in week 53 of week-year 2020 (because the Thursday of that week, Dec 31, 2020, is in 2020).
ISO week 1 of year YYYY starts on the Monday of the week containing the year's first Thursday. So week 1 is the week with the first Thursday of the year. It can be as early as December 29 of the previous year (if Jan 1 is a Monday) or as late as January 5 (if Jan 1 is a Friday).