diff --git a/src/Date.cpp b/src/Date.cpp
index f81aeb8f1..829cab59a 100644
--- a/src/Date.cpp
+++ b/src/Date.cpp
@@ -585,6 +585,12 @@ int Date::month () const
   return t->tm_mon + 1;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+int Date::week () const
+{
+  return Date::weekOfYear (Date::dayOfWeek (context.config.get ("weekstart")));
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int Date::day () const
 {
@@ -679,6 +685,16 @@ bool Date::sameDay (const Date& rhs) const
   return false;
 }
 
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+bool Date::sameWeek (const Date& rhs) const
+{
+  if (this->year ()  == rhs.year () &&
+      this->week () == rhs.week ())
+    return true;
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 bool Date::sameMonth (const Date& rhs) const
 {
diff --git a/src/Date.h b/src/Date.h
index dfd28186c..cb4c1dd68 100644
--- a/src/Date.h
+++ b/src/Date.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ public:
   static int length (const std::string&);
 
   int month () const;
+  int week () const;
   int day () const;
   int year () const;
   int weekOfYear (int) const;
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ public:
   bool operator>= (const Date&) const;
   bool sameHour   (const Date&) const;
   bool sameDay    (const Date&) const;
+  bool sameWeek   (const Date&) const;
   bool sameMonth  (const Date&) const;
   bool sameYear   (const Date&) const;
 
diff --git a/test/date.t.cpp b/test/date.t.cpp
index 962e7debe..cadeb0628 100644
--- a/test/date.t.cpp
+++ b/test/date.t.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Context context;
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 int main (int argc, char** argv)
 {
-  UnitTest t (205);
+  UnitTest t (209);
 
   try
   {
@@ -61,9 +61,11 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
     t.ok    (now      <  tomorrow,   "now < tomorrow");
 
     // Date::Date ("now")
+    context.config.set ("weekstart", "monday");
     Date relative_now ("now");
     t.ok (relative_now.sameHour (now),  "Date ().sameHour (Date (now))");
     t.ok (relative_now.sameDay (now),   "Date ().sameDay (Date (now))");
+    t.ok (relative_now.sameWeek (now),  "Date ().sameWeek (Date (now))");
     t.ok (relative_now.sameMonth (now), "Date ().sameMonth (Date (now))");
     t.ok (relative_now.sameYear (now),  "Date ().sameYear (Date (now))");
 
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
     Date left ("7/4/2008");
     Date comp1 ("7/4/2008");
     t.ok (left.sameDay   (comp1), "7/4/2008 is on the same day as 7/4/2008");
+    t.ok (left.sameWeek  (comp1), "7/4/2008 is on the same week as 7/4/2008");
     t.ok (left.sameMonth (comp1), "7/4/2008 is in the same month as 7/4/2008");
     t.ok (left.sameYear  (comp1), "7/4/2008 is in the same year as 7/4/2008");
 
@@ -81,11 +84,13 @@ int main (int argc, char** argv)
 
     Date comp3 ("8/4/2008");
     t.notok (left.sameDay   (comp3), "7/4/2008 is not on the same day as 8/4/2008");
+    t.notok (left.sameWeek  (comp3), "7/4/2008 is not on the same week as 8/4/2008");
     t.notok (left.sameMonth (comp3), "7/4/2008 is not in the same month as 8/4/2008");
     t.ok    (left.sameYear  (comp3), "7/4/2008 is in the same year as 8/4/2008");
 
     Date comp4 ("7/4/2009");
     t.notok (left.sameDay   (comp4), "7/4/2008 is not on the same day as 7/4/2009");
+    t.notok (left.sameWeek  (comp3), "7/4/2008 is not on the same week as 7/4/2009");
     t.notok (left.sameMonth (comp4), "7/4/2008 is not in the same month as 7/4/2009");
     t.notok (left.sameYear  (comp4), "7/4/2008 is not in the same year as 7/4/2009");