Find out the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month by using PHP

2^nd Saturday for the Month:09 of Year:2026 :12-09-2026

4^th Saturday for the Month:09 of Year:2026 :26-09-2026

3^rd Wednesday for the Month:09 of Year:2026 :16-09-2026

By default, current month is used , you can change the below code to any month and year.

$year=date('Y');  // Change the value to use different Year
$month=date('m'); // Change the value to use different month
//$month=9;
$firstday = new  DateTime("$year-$month-1 0:0:0");
$first_w=$firstday->format('w'); // weekday of firstday 
$saturday1=new DateTime;
$saturday1->setDate($year,$month,14-$first_w);
echo "2nd Saturday for the Month:
	$month of Year:$year :".$saturday1->format('d-m-Y');

To display 4^th Satruday, add this code at the end.

$saturday2=new DateTime;
$saturday2->setDate($year,$month,28-$first_w);
echo "4th Saturday for the Month:
	$month of Year:$year :".$saturday2->format('d-m-Y')";

To display 3^rd Wednesday , add this code at the end.

$wednesday3=new DateTime;
$wednesday3->setDate($year,$month,18-$first_w);
echo "3rd wednesday for the Month:
		$month of Year:$year :".$wednesday3->format('d-m-Y');

Formula for any day any week

day_number: For Sunday use 1, Monday=2, ... and for Saturday use 7

my_number=day_number + (Week_number-1)*7

By using above formula we can get the number and same can be used for getting the date of any week with weekday of the month.

To get 3rd Wednesday ( day_number = 4 ) Week_number=3

my_number=4 + (3-1);
$wednesday3->setDate($year,$month,my_number-$first_w);

Try for other days of the week.
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	03-03-2020
Thanks for providing this simple and efficient 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month. It works !

	04-03-2020
The script is generalized and it can be used to find out any weekday of any week.

2nd and 4th Saturday of the month

Formula for any day any week

Subhendu Mohapatra

2^nd and 4^th Saturday of the month