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WEEKNUM

 
Category: DateTime Function.
 
Description: Returns an integer that is the week number of a specified date.
 
Syntax: WEEKNUM(date_serial_number,[return_type])
 
Date_serial_number is a serial number representing a date.
 
Use functions such as DATE to supply an argument to the function.
 
Return_type is a number that specifies a numbering system to use and a weekday that should be treated as the start of the week.
 
There are two systems used for this function. 
 
System one defines a week containing January 1 as the first week of the year. 
 
System two defines a week containing the first Thursday of the year as the first week of the year (ISO 8601, European week numbering system).
 
Return_type
Week begins on
System
1 or omitted
Sunday
1
2
Monday
1
11
Monday
1
12
Tuesday
1
13
Wednesday
1
14
Thursday
1
15
Friday
1
16
Saturday
1
17
Sunday
1
21
Monday
2