While I do not dispute the legacies and cultural heritage, the logic to count number of days from start of year is to multiply *weeks and to this we add the number of days elapsed*. So first week has to be counted as: (W00 thro W51) x 7 + (D01 (Sunday) thro D07 (Saturday). This shall give us - (51 x7)+07 =364 during 52-weeks of the year. The remaining period is to be rolled over, for leap adjustments.
Brij B. Vij<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: Tom Wade VMS Systems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [USMA:23047] Re: Question about date format
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2002 17:50:28 +0100 (WET-DST)
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From: Ma Be <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [USMA:23033] Re: Question about date format
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2002 15:17:17 -0800
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>On this one all of us should side with the US. Indeed, Sunday IS day one of
>the week, as has been so for thousands of years, no question about that!
Which day is the start of the week is purely a cultural convention, and will
vary from one country to the next. There is no absolute correct answer.
For me personally, it's quite simple. Consider which days constitute the
'weekend'.
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