| Subject | Re: [ib-support] Re: SP to extract a week number |
|---|---|
| Author | Doug Chamberlin |
| Post date | 2001-11-15T04:51:52Z |
At 11/14/2001 10:49 AM (Wednesday), rvellacott@... wrote:
Why would not January 1st be day 1 of the year, I wonder, regardless of
what day of the week it falls on? Or are you saying that day-of-the-week
numbering always assigns 1 to Mondays, 2 to Tuesdays, etc?
>Many thanks for this prompting. It is ISO 8601, which specifies thatInteresting.
>day 1 is a Monday, and Week 1 is the week in which 4th January
>falls. This is the same as saying that it is the week in which the
>first Thursday in January falls.
Why would not January 1st be day 1 of the year, I wonder, regardless of
what day of the week it falls on? Or are you saying that day-of-the-week
numbering always assigns 1 to Mondays, 2 to Tuesdays, etc?