[YLUG] ISO week numbers

[Philip Morrell]

The permanent year calendar I mentioned - Date always has same day of
week (extra full week every 5 or 6 years).

http://releases.jhu.edu/2011/12/27/time-for-a-change-johns-hopkins-scholars-say-calendar-needs-serious-overhaul/
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Philip Morrell



On 3 February 2012 09:26, Steve Almond <steve at silkandslug.com> wrote:
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> Shall we all agree that ISO date is unusable for human?
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> Heck no!
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> 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.
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> 31 days in a month? 29 days sometimes?! Who's crazy idea was this!?!
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> Fufu
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> On 2 February 2012 13:53, Steve Almond <steve at silkandslug.com> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> That's ISO/Europe. If you're in USA or Canada, it can!
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>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven-day_week#Week_numbering
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>> Steve Almond
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