A week is a unit of time equal to seven days. It is the standard time period used for short cycles of days in most parts of the … See more

The English word week comes from the Old English wice, ultimately from a Common Germanic *wikōn-, from a root *wik- "turn, move, change". The Germanic word probably had a wider meaning prior to the adoption of … See more

A week is defined as an interval of exactly seven days, so that, except when passing through daylight saving time transitions or leap seconds,
1 week = 7 days = 168 hours = 10,080 minutes = 6… See more

The days of the week were named for the seven classical planets, which included the Sun and Moon. This naming system persisted alongside an "ecclesiastical" tradition of numbering the days in ecclesiastic… See more

The earliest evidence of an astrological significance of a seven-day period is decree of king Sargon of Akkad around 2300 BCE. Akkadians venerated the number seven, and the key celestial bodies visible to the naked eye … See more

Weeks in a Gregorian calendar year can be numbered for each year. This style of numbering is often used in European and Asian countries. It is less common in the U.S. and elsewhere.
The syste… See more