On Sep 20, 2006 11:52 AM, Arnaud Nicolet wrote: > Le 20 sept. 06 à 03:52 Matin, Paul Gaspar a écrit: > > > In German speaking countries week # 1 is the week that contains > > January 4. (ISO 8601). > > > > In the US week #1 is the week that contains January 1. > > I'm in neither of them, but it's good to know. > > > So the WeekOfYear is not a worldwide consistent value. > > > > MacOS and Windows week calculations are based on the US > > system only. > > That's a shame. > > > Additionally, of course the week starts on Sunday in the > > US and on Monday in most European countries. > > > > If you need to show a WeekOfYear, you need to do your own > > calculation. > > So the WeekOfYear, for the entire world, has a little use?
Yes, until all countries adopt the International Standard ISO 8601. Form this document "A summary of the international standard date and time notation" (about ISO 8601) you can read: <http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html> - A week starts with Monday (day 1) and ends with Sunday (day 7). - ISO 8601 has been adopted as European Standard EN 28601 and is therefore now a valid standard in all EU countries and all conflicting national standards have been changed accordingly. Carlos _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
