Brij:

Your somewhat cryptic statement doesn't make it clear whether you're
agreeing with me or disagreeing with me.

In any case, in your own example, 00 through 06 would be D01 through D07,
not D01 through D06.

Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-usma@;colostate.edu]On
>Behalf Of Brij Bhushan Vij
>Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 16:05
>To: U.S. Metric Association
>Subject: [USMA:23009] RE: Question about date format
>
>
>Bill, sir:
>All Numeric Descending form for Writing Dates, recommendation of ISO
>1988:2000 is quite clear. While there is a need for review:
>52-Weeks of the
>Year, can be represented as *00 thro 51 OR W01 thro W52* and the
>Day number
>as *00 thro 06 OR D01 thro D06* when dividing (day of the year). The Leap
>Weeks I propose in my work for calendar reform are given at:
>http://the-light.com/cal/bbv_div6.doc
>Brij Bhushan Vij<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>>From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Subject: [USMA:23001] RE: Question about date format
>>Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 14:00:58 -0800
>>
>>One more thought.
>>
>>Week (single W) would be better than work week (WW) and, with the
>>punctuation correction, would be compliant (not just consistent) with ISO
>>8601 (or, at least, with Markus' interpretation of it).
>>
>>Bill Potts, CMS
>>Roseville, CA
>>http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>>
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-usma@;colostate.edu]On
>> >Behalf Of Bill Potts
>> >Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 13:57
>> >To: U.S. Metric Association
>> >Subject: [USMA:23000] RE: Question about date format
>> >
>> >
>> >Further clarification.
>> >
>> >First, work week sounds better than working week.
>> >
>> >I'd say that, for their definition, day 1 of each work week is the
>>Sunday,
>> >given that he's returning on day 1 of week 45 and resuming work
>on day 2.
>> >
>> >My preference for the punctuation would be a hyphen, rather than a
>>period.
>> >Otherwise his notation is consistent with ISO-8601 (see Markus Kuhn's
>> >article at http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html).
>> >
>> >Bill Potts, CMS
>> >Roseville, CA
>> >http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>-----Original Message-----
>> >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-usma@;colostate.edu]On
>> >>Behalf Of Bill Potts
>> >>Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 12:58
>> >>To: U.S. Metric Association
>> >>Subject: [USMA:22999] RE: Question about date format
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>I think there's a typo in his message. He probably means from WW44.4 to
>> >>WW45.1 -- meaning from day 4 of working week 44 to day 1 of
>> >>working week 45.
>> >>
>> >>The definition of working week 1 is almost certainly an
>internal company
>> >>thing.
>> >>
>> >>Bill Potts, CMS
>> >>Roseville, CA
>> >>http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>-----Original Message-----
>> >>>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-usma@;colostate.edu]On
>> >>>Behalf Of Jim Elwell
>> >>>Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:57
>> >>>To: U.S. Metric Association
>> >>>Subject: [USMA:22998] Question about date format
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Does anyone know what the following date formats mean? The email
>> >>>is from an
>> >>>Intel plant in the Philippines.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>>From: "Ochoco, Larizelle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >>>>To: Tom Oaks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >>>>Subject: Out of Office AutoReply: SM# 07221168 (RMA K4491).
>> >>>>Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 01:33:27 +0800
>> >>>>
>> >>>>I will be out of the office from WW45.4 to WW45.1 and will be
>> >>>back on WW45.2
>> >>>>Pls note that I will have no access to emails.  For any Banias
>>concerns,
>> >>>>you may contact Ryan Chan at xxx.
>> >>>>
>> >>>>Thank you.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Jim Elwell, CAMS
>> >>>Electrical Engineer
>> >>>Industrial manufacturing manager
>> >>>Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
>> >>>www.qsicorp.com
>> >>>
>> >>
>
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