How long does it take for a date to fall in the same day again?

Question

Example: today is may 1st and it's a thursday. How many years until may 1st falls on a thursday again?

Answer 1

im not sure about wat those guys said (above) but wat i do knw is that it may 1st is definitely going to fall on a thursday 17 years from now. yea its always that number (17) for every date.

Answer 2

I may be 5 or 6.

6 yrs beacuse it moves one day up every year,but 2 on a leap year,so think about 7 days would take 6 years.

But 5 years if two leap years are included in the period of 6yrs then it would take only 5 years, instead of six for that day to repeat on the same day.

Answer 3

The timing for this is kind of funny.  I bought a really nice date book/planner back in 2003, immediately lost it and just found it again about a month ago.  No problem, I just changed the year, the days are exactly the same- though easter was a month later that year.

So the definitive answer is 5.

Answer 4

im pretty sure its 6 yrs cuz it moves one day up every year,but 2 on a leap year,so think about 7 days would take 6 years.

Answer 5

It's either 5, 6, or 11 years, depending on where the year is in relation to a leap year.

If it's a leap year (like this year) or the year following a leap year, it takes 6 years.

If it's the year before a leap year it will only take 5 years. May 1 falls on a Tuesday in 2007 and again in 2012.

If it's two years after a leap year, it will take 11 years. May 1 falls on a Saturday in 2010, but won't fall on a Saturday again until 2021.

Edit, just for completeness:

When you near the year 2100, it could be any number. 2100 is NOT a leap year, so things will be very different. I'll be 141 at that time, so I'm not going to lose much sleep over it right now.

Answer 6

May 1st would again be a Thursday in 2014, which is 6 years.