How to find the day of the week on any given date in C++

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#include <iostream>
#include <string>

// Zeller's Congruence implementation
// Returns the day of the week for a given date.
std::string dayOfWeek(int d, int m, int y) {

    // Zeller's output mapping:
    // 0 = Saturday, 1 = Sunday, 2 = Monday, ... 6 = Friday
    std::string names[] = {
        "Saturday", "Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday",
        "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday"
    };

    // In Zeller's formula, January and February are counted
    // as months 13 and 14 of the previous year.
    if (m < 3) {
        m += 12;   // Convert Jan → 13, Feb → 14
        y -= 1;    // Move to previous year
    }

    int K = y % 100;   // Year of the century (last two digits)
    int J = y / 100;   // Zero-based century (e.g., 2024 → 20)

    // Zeller's formula (clearer step-by-step version):

    int term1 = d;                     // day of month
    int term2 = (13 * (m + 1)) / 5;    // month adjustment
    int term3 = K;                     // year of century
    int term4 = K / 4;                 // leap years in century
    int term5 = J / 4;                 // leap centuries
    int term6 = 5 * J;                 // century correction

    // Combine all terms and take modulo 7
    int h = (term1 + term2 + term3 + term4 + term5 + term6) % 7;

    // Return the corresponding weekday name
    return names[h];
}

int main() {
    int d = 30, m = 5, y = 2024;

    std::cout << dayOfWeek(d, m, y) << std::endl;
}



/*
run:

Thursday

*/

 



answered 10 hours ago by avibootz
edited 9 hours ago by avibootz
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