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From: std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman)
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Subject: Re: HP proposal - minor bug in bug
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Date: Sat, 17-Jan-87 19:37:47 EST
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Posted: Sat Jan 17 19:37:47 1987
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From: seismo!enea!chalmers.UUCP!bergsten
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 87 00:23:41 -0100
Organization: Dept. of CS, Chalmers, Sweden

>From: colonel%buffalo.csnet@relay.cs.net 
>Date: Wed, 24 Dec 86 10:08:01 EST
>
>> From: colonel%buffalo.csnet@relay.cs.net 
>> Date: Tue, 16 Dec 86 12:29:00 EST
>> 
>> 2. If the year begins on Saturday and ends on Monday, it will have 54
>>    weeks.  Obviously they cannot be numbered 00 to 52!
>
>Come to think of it, that would be a rather long year! ........

My pocket calendar states that according to swedish standard
(which it claims was derived from ISO rules and formally accepted 1972):

	" .... Monday is regarded as the first day of the week, and the first
	 week which has at least four days of the new year is week 1 ..."

Apparently some international committee decided on
how to number weeks 15 years ago!!

It takes some courage to produce and publish a standard document when you know
that at any time somebody may stumble on proud words of days past.

Keep up the good work!!
Regards,

	Per Bergsten		...!mcvax!enea!chalmers!bergsten.UUCP

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