[YLUG] ISO week numbers

[Steve Almond]

> Shall we all agree that ISO date is unusable for human?

Heck no!

It's just not massively well-aligned with "human" (21st Century UK 
British - these things change) months. Similarly, "human" months aren't 
well aligned with weeks.

31 days in a month? 29 days /sometimes/?! Who's crazy idea was this!?!




> Fufu
>
> On 2 February 2012 13:53, Steve Almond <steve at silkandslug.com 
> <mailto:steve at silkandslug.com>> wrote:
>
>     Made a boo boo on one of our tangents. ISO 8601 says that week #1
>     is the week that contains the first Thursday of the year. If that
>     Thursday is the 5th, 6th, or 7th, then the 1st, 2nd, and/or third
>     will be in week #52 (or #53) of the previous year. The same day
>     cannot be in two different weeks in two different years.
>
>     That's ISO/Europe. If you're in USA or Canada, it can!
>
>
>     http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-day_week#Week_numbering
>
>
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>
>     Steve Almond
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