Calendar guides

Practical notes on UK bank holidays, ISO week numbers, printable layouts and the limits of civil calendar conversions. No account needed to read them.

What makes a year a leap year?

The Gregorian rule is simple: divisible by 4, except centuries unless divisible by 400. 2024 and 2028 are leap years; 1900 was not; 2000 was.

22 August 2026

How ISO week numbers work

ISO 8601 week 1 is the week containing 4 January. Here is how that affects UK calendars, timesheets and 1 January.

22 August 2026