week_of_year()
Applies to: ✅ Azure Data Explorer ✅ Azure Monitor ✅ Microsoft Sentinel
Returns an integer that represents the week number. The week number is calculated from the first week of a year, which is the one that includes the first Thursday, according to ISO 8601.
Deprecated aliases: weekofyear()
Note
weekofyear() wasn't ISO 8601 compliant; the first week of a year was defined as the week with the year's first Wednesday in it.
Syntax
week_of_year(date)
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Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | datetime |
✔️ | The date for which to return the week of the year. |
Returns
week number - The week number that contains the given date.
Examples
| Input | Output |
|---|---|
week_of_year(datetime(2020-12-31)) |
53 |
week_of_year(datetime(2020-06-15)) |
25 |
week_of_year(datetime(1970-01-01)) |
1 |
week_of_year(datetime(2000-01-01)) |
52 |
Note
weekofyear() is an obsolete variant of this function. weekofyear() was not ISO 8601 compliant; the first week of a year was defined as the week with the year's first Wednesday in it.
The current version of this function, week_of_year(), is ISO 8601 compliant; the first week of a year is defined as the week with the year's first Thursday in it.