From:  Dr. Ferenc Nagy[SMTP:internet!ALPHA0.IKI.KFKI.HU!nagyf]
Sent:  Wednesday, October 30, 1996 7:30 AM
To:  internet!RAVEN.UTC.EDU!HP3000-L; TomE
Subject:  Re: Calendar week number.

On Tue, 29 Oct 1996, Eric Bender wrote:

> should take into account the following ISO definition of a calendar
week:
> "Numerical representation of a period of seven calendar days starting
with
> Monday and numbered from 01 to 53 with number 01 assigned to the first
week
> containing at least four days of the new year..."
>

What is the week number of the days January 1..3 if the year begins with
Friday?  Is it 00? Is January is everywhere a holiday?
                                              Frank

No, by the very definition given, the 1, 2, or 3 days of January that
aren't in the "current" year would be the last few days of week #53 of
the previous year.