Dad / All,
Daniel's prophecy is one of "sevens": Seventy weeks, and seven weeks, and one week, wherein sixty-two is a riddle. The seven(s) referred to were defined in the creation story (before all language was confused (riddled)), as seven days by example of the evenings and the mornings of this world--but the same word is used simply for "times." Thus, by the time we get to Daniel, confusion has set in surrounding the original meaning--while the creation story of seven days was the matter foretold by God before it sprang forth--which God reminds us of through Isaiah, saying "Behold, the former things have come to pass, And new things I declare; Before they spring forth I tell you of them.”
This is the key to understanding Daniel, according to God, rather than according to His imposed confusion which came a Babel, including "all language", even scripture.
In other words, the overall timeframe of Daniel's seventy weeks--is rather seven "times" which began at the beginning--for the prophecy was for all of Daniel's people...all, meaning: since Adam. Wherein midway Messiah does away with the daily sacrifice by fulfilling it. Which means, there is no "seventieth week" yet to be fulfilled...caused by the riddle of sixty-two weeks...which was eluded to by Daniel in the form of "a time, times, and half a time." In his "times" explanation (as I have also explained), he restates God's creation week preview of history as one overall time, coming in two halves before and after Messiah, dividing the light from the darkness (in half--morning and evening) until the end of time.