Determination of the day of the week day of the week begins by starting from an ‘anchor date’: a known pair (such as January 1, 1800 as a Wednesday), determining the number of days between the known day and the day that you are trying to determine, and using arithmetic modulo 7 to find a new numerical day of the week. One standard approach is to look up (or calculate, using a known rule) the value of the first day of the week of a given century, look up (or calculate, using a method of congruence) an adjustment for the month, calculate the number of leap years
Pick of the Week (radio) decision which caused some controversy at the time. Chris Serle became the new host and remained so until 1998 when as part of controller James Boyle's changes to Radio 4, it started to be hosted by guest presenters each week, a format which survives to the present day. Since 2008, a special "Pick of the Year" episode has been broadcast each December with a guest presenter choosing their BBC radio highlights of the year. Pick of the Week (radio) Pick of the Week is a long-running British radio programme featuring extracts from BBC radio (and originally television) programmes broadcast over