In order to incorporate weekly start and end dates in your date table based on the week number, you might want to take the following steps:
Step 1: Create Your Date Table
If you do not already have a date table created, you can create one by simply filling in dates for the range. For example, open Excel, take the first date in the range you desire and drag it downwards all the way to the last date.
Step 2: Add Week Number
Now you have to find out the week number for each date. In Excel, you can calculate the weekly number by using the function WEEKNUM:
=WEEKNUM(A2)
Step 3: Determine Start and End Dates of Each Week
Now, you'll create two additional columns; one for the week start date and the other for the week end date.
Calculating the Start Date
In order to calculate the week's start date, one can make use of the following equation in the newly created column:
The mechanism of this equation is:
=A2 - WEEKDAY(A2, 2) + 1
End Date Calculation
In order to calculate the end date of the week, i.e., Sunday, use this formula in another new column:
=A2 + (7 - WEEKDAY(A2, 2))
This is the way it functions:
Numerous days remain until Sunday, which can be calculated by the formula 7 - WEEKDAY(A2, 2). The total can be included in the existing date to arrive at the next Sunday date.
Step 4: Fill Down
After the formula is written in the first row of the data table, it can be expanded downwards to the next rows as well.
Example
For instance, suppose you have a date 2024-10-22 (Tuesday). How the order of operations will work:
Start Date: 2024-10-21 (Monday)
End Date: 2024-10-27 (Sunday)
Final Outcomes
With the help of these steps, you will design a date table that provides the start and end dates of every week in relation to the number of that week. This will mitigate the problem of weeks not being accounted for while deposing the data.
