Re: Week Numbering

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From: Tapani Tarvainen
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 06:27

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In article <1992Dec20.193234.8589@ruc.dk> plate@ruc.dk (John Plate) writes:

>In Europe (?) the first week of a year is the week that has more than 
>3 days in it. Weeks goes from monday to sunday.

That's what the ISO standard says, in fact.  Whether anybody outside
Europe knows or cares is another matter.

>If a year starts with a week with less than 4 days, it is week 53 of
>the previous year.

This is not, however, quite correct: it can also be week 52 of the
previous year.  (Let's think ... it happens when the year begins on
a Sunday, or on a Saturday following a non-leap year, right?)
--
Tapani Tarvainen  (tt@math.jyu.fi, tarvainen@finjyu.bitnet)

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From: tt@tarzan.jyu.fi (Tapani Tarvainen)
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Subject: Re: Week Numbering
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Date: 21 Dec 92 06:27:07 GMT
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