Tertullian discusses the seventy weeks prophecy from Daniel 9:24-27, arguing it was fulfilled in the coming of Christ. Here is the relevant quote from Chapter VIII:against the Jews.
"For the prophet Daniel, in the vision of the seventy weeks, speaks thus: 'Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to seal up sins, and to wipe out iniquities, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Holy of Holies; and thou shalt know and understand, from the going forth of the word to answer and to build Jerusalem, unto Christ the Leader, there shall be seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks.' Now, from the going forth of the word to rebuild Jerusalem, which was given through Cyrus, king of the Persians, unto the advent of Christ, are computed seventy weeks, which make four hundred and ninety years, since each week contains seven years. In these weeks, therefore, Christ came and suffered, and the city was destroyed, and the sacrifices ceased."
This passage reflects Tertullian’s interpretation that the seventy weeks (490 years) prophesied by Daniel were fulfilled with the coming of Christ, His death, and the subsequent destruction of Jerusalem."
Note the use of the day for a year formula in calculating prophetic time.
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