Getting OOTP's calendar to have the correct dates for the day of the week
I posted this in the OOTP6 discussion forum, but thought it ought to go here as well.
Because OOTP does not recognize leap years, there are times where the date for a given month will not line up to the correct day of the week. This can impact on the schedules, as off days might slide to weekends for example, or other similar types of annoyances.
Therefore, to get the correct day of the week for each date, the proper "Year Starts On" day value needs to be entered on the "Edit Schedule" screen.
Below is a little chart I put together which will show you the correct "Year Starts On" day value to use for a given year. If you set it as indicated, all of the days of the week will fall on the correct dates for that year from Mar. 1st onwards.
Those wishing to use the real MLB schedule for a given year should definitely use this chart, otherwise the games may not be falling on the right day of the week. For fictional leagues, it's probably not as much of a concern, unless you're a stickler for detail and don't like the fact that the date for a given day of the week is not the proper one. In that case, this chart is for you too.
Note that a * beside the year indicates that year is a leap year. The chart covers all of the years from 1871-2080.
Code:
Year Starts On Year Starts On Year Starts On
1871 Sunday 1881 Saturday 1891 Thursday
1872* Tuesday 1882 Sunday 1892* Saturday
1873 Wednesday 1883 Monday 1893 Sunday
1874 Thursday 1884* Wednesday 1894 Monday
1875 Friday 1885 Thursday 1895 Tuesday
1876* Sunday 1886 Friday 1896* Thursday
1877 Monday 1887 Saturday 1897 Friday
1878 Tuesday 1888* Monday 1898 Saturday
1879 Wednesday 1889 Tuesday 1899 Sunday
1880* Friday 1890 Wednesday 1900 Monday
1901 Tuesday 1911 Sunday 1921 Saturday
1902 Wednesday 1912* Tuesday 1922 Sunday
1903 Thursday 1913 Wednesday 1923 Monday
1904* Saturday 1914 Thursday 1924* Wednesday
1905 Sunday 1915 Friday 1925 Thursday
1906 Monday 1916* Sunday 1926 Friday
1907 Tuesday 1917 Monday 1927 Saturday
1908* Thursday 1918 Tuesday 1928* Monday
1909 Friday 1919 Wednesday 1929 Tuesday
1910 Saturday 1920* Friday 1930 Wednesday
1931 Thursday 1941 Wednesday 1951 Monday
1932* Saturday 1942 Thursday 1952* Wednesday
1933 Sunday 1943 Friday 1953 Thursday
1934 Monday 1944* Sunday 1954 Friday
1935 Tuesday 1945 Monday 1955 Saturday
1936* Thursday 1946 Tuesday 1956* Monday
1937 Friday 1947 Wednesday 1957 Tuesday
1938 Saturday 1948* Friday 1958 Wednesday
1939 Sunday 1949 Saturday 1959 Thursday
1940* Tuesday 1950 Sunday 1960* Saturday
1961 Sunday 1971 Friday 1981 Thursday
1962 Monday 1972* Sunday 1982 Friday
1963 Tuesday 1973 Monday 1983 Saturday
1964* Thursday 1974 Tuesday 1984* Monday
1965 Friday 1975 Wednesday 1985 Tuesday
1966 Saturday 1976* Friday 1986 Wednesday
1967 Sunday 1977 Saturday 1987 Thursday
1968* Tuesday 1978 Sunday 1988* Saturday
1969 Wednesday 1979 Monday 1989 Sunday
1970 Thursday 1980* Wednesday 1990 Monday
1991 Tuesday 2001 Monday 2011 Saturday
1992* Thursday 2002 Tuesday 2012* Monday
1993 Friday 2003 Wednesday 2013 Tuesday
1994 Saturday 2004* Friday 2014 Wednesday
1995 Sunday 2005 Saturday 2015 Thursday
1996* Tuesday 2006 Sunday 2016* Saturday
1997 Wednesday 2007 Monday 2017 Sunday
1998 Thursday 2008* Wednesday 2018 Monday
1999 Friday 2009 Thursday 2019 Tuesday
2000* Sunday 2010 Friday 2020* Thursday
2021 Friday 2031 Wednesday 2041 Tuesday
2022 Saturday 2032* Friday 2042 Wednesday
2023 Sunday 2033 Saturday 2043 Thursday
2024* Tuesday 2034 Sunday 2044* Saturday
2025 Wednesday 2035 Monday 2045 Sunday
2026 Thursday 2036* Wednesday 2046 Monday
2027 Friday 2037 Thursday 2047 Tuesday
2028* Sunday 2038 Friday 2048* Thursday
2029 Monday 2039 Saturday 2049 Friday
2030 Tuesday 2040* Monday 2050 Saturday
2051 Sunday 2061 Saturday 2071 Thursday
2052* Tuesday 2062 Sunday 2072* Saturday
2053 Wednesday 2063 Monday 2073 Sunday
2054 Thursday 2064* Wednesday 2074 Monday
2055 Friday 2065 Thursday 2075 Tuesday
2056* Sunday 2066 Friday 2076* Thursday
2057 Monday 2067 Saturday 2077 Friday
2058 Tuesday 2068* Monday 2078 Saturday
2059 Wednesday 2069 Tuesday 2079 Sunday
2060* Friday 2070 Wednesday 2080* Tuesday
I've also put the above chart into a simple text file which you can download if you prefer.