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- From: keld@login.dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen)
- Subject: Re: Week Numbering
- Message-ID: <keld.724695337@login.dkuug.dk>
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- References: <1992Dec18.000103.29489@nmpd.oz.au> <1992Dec18.105632.2494@odin.diku.dk> <TML.92Dec18161133@tiuhti.tik.vtt.fi>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 16:15:37 GMT
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- tml@tik.vtt.fi (Tor Lillqvist) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec18.105632.2494@odin.diku.dk> torbenm@diku.dk (Torben AEgidius Mogensen) writes:
- > >Is there an international standard for numbering weeks.
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- Yes, the standard is ISO 8601.
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- >It is interesting to note that ANSI C and POSIX strftime(3) uses the
- >wrong week numbering algorithm, at least according to its manual page
- >in HP-UX, which says:
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- There will be new formatters in POSIX to comply with ISO 8601.
- The old behaviour is reatined with existing formatters.
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- Keld Simonsen
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