ISO 8601 weeks

What week is it, officially?

This week is

W20

of 2026

Q2 · 33 weeks remaining

Right in the middle of things.

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That date falls in W20 of 2026the week of Monday, May 11, 2026.

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Monday

Monday, May 11, 2026

Sunday

Sunday, May 17, 2026

ISO 8601 weeks start on Monday. Week 1 is the week containing the year's first Thursday — which is why W1 sometimes starts in December. Years can have 52 or 53 ISO weeks depending on leap-year alignment.

Why ISO weeks

They're how Europe and finance measure the year.

ISO 8601 week numbering is dominant in European business culture, in retail planning (W37, W42, W51), and in any software dealing with sprints, payroll cycles, or quarterly reports. US conventions usually number weeks starting Sunday with January 1 always in week 1, which is fine for calendars but doesn't carry over across year boundaries cleanly. ISO weeks do.