Yes, it would be great if the week numbers in a year and start & end days can be made configurable. I will wait to hear from this group on whether this is possible.
Regards, Shantala On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:32 AM, Jason Pickering < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Shantala, > > As Knut's email alludes to , along the article which you shared hints at, > there may be different definitions of what an "Epi Week" actually is. > > It is therefore that DHIS2 has adopted the ISO standard definition, which > can be determined with precision, due to the rigor of its definition. > > In your case, is you requirement that your week begins on Sunday instead > of Monday, with the first week being determined by the "The first epi week > of the year ends, by definition, on the first Saturday of January, as long > as it falls at least four days into the month"? > > A question to the developers...would it be possible to support a "user > defined period type", which would require that users create their own > start/enddates? I realize that this would create problems for the offline > features of DHIS2, but this requirement, along with similar ones in > countries which do not use the Gregorian calendar, point to the need for > something more flexible than what we currently have. > > Regards, > Jason > > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Shantala Raman > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sure. The requirement is to have data collection done weekly with the >> week being an Epi week <http://www.cmmcp.org/epiweek.htm> (epidemiology >> week), having week start date of Sunday and end date of Saturday. >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Knut Staring <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Could you elaborate a bit on your specific requirements? >>> >>> Knut >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Shantala Raman <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you. This helps. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Knut Staring <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> We have actually accommodated other weeks (eg Wed to Tue) in Cambodia, >>>>> but this code is not yet part of the core. >>>>> On Mar 24, 2014 12:53 PM, "Jason Pickering" < >>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Shantala, >>>>>> The weeks are calculated according to the ISO 8601 time and date >>>>>> standard. >>>>>> This generally means weeks start on Monday and end on Sunday. >>>>>> >>>>>> More info can be found here >>>>>> >>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_week_date >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> Jason >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Shantala Raman < >>>>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> For data that is reported/collected on a weekly basis, we have a >>>>>>> requirement to use Epidemiology weeks. I wanted to know how the weeks >>>>>>> are >>>>>>> calculated in DHIS2. Please point me to any documentation around the >>>>>>> logic >>>>>>> for calculating the weeks. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> Shantala >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Knut Staring >>> Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo >>> +4791880522 >>> http://dhis2.org >>> >> >> >
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