/**
* Returns the week number for this date. dowOffset is the day of week the week
* "starts" on for your locale - it can be from 0 to 6. If dowOffset is 1 (Monday),
* the week returned is the ISO 8601 week number.
* @param int dowOffset
* @return int
*/
Date.prototype.getWeek = function (dowOffset) {
/*getWeek() was developed by Nick Baicoianu at MeanFreePath: http://www.meanfreepath.com */
dowOffset = typeof(dowOffset) == 'number' ? dowOffset : 0; //default dowOffset to zero
var newYear = new Date(this.getFullYear(),0,1);
var day = newYear.getDay() - dowOffset; //the day of week the year begins on
day = (day >= 0 ? day : day + 7);
var daynum = Math.floor((this.getTime() - newYear.getTime() -
(this.getTimezoneOffset()-newYear.getTimezoneOffset())*60000)/86400000) + 1;
var weeknum;
//if the year starts before the middle of a week
if(day < 4) {
weeknum = Math.floor((daynum+day-1)/7) + 1;
if(weeknum > 52) {
nYear = new Date(this.getFullYear() + 1,0,1);
nday = nYear.getDay() - dowOffset;
nday = nday >= 0 ? nday : nday + 7;
/*if the next year starts before the middle of
the week, it is week #1 of that year*/
weeknum = nday < 4 ? 1 : 53;
}
}
else {
weeknum = Math.floor((daynum+day-1)/7);
}
return weeknum;
};
Usage:
var mydate = new Date(2011,2,3); // month number starts from 0
// or like this
var mydate = new Date('March 3, 2011');
alert(mydate.getWeek());
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