errors in ISO week number

Tor Lillqvist tml at hemuli.tte.vtt.fi
Mon Jan 1 03:38:00 UTC 1996


> I think I disagree rather strongly with this. Dec 31 should always be
> in the last week of the year. This just makes sense. The question is
> whether it's week 52 or week 53.

> Ado and Tor, comments?

Sorry, you are wrong here. For example, week 1 of 1997 starts on Mon,
Dec 30, 1996. Look in any European (or at least Nordic) calendar for
verification. Each week has one well-defined number, which around New
Year might be the last week of the previous year, or week 1 of the
following year.
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