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1. Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 04-Dec-2015 12:11:18 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)
   $ date +%W
   48
   
   No, it's week 49. #americanculturalassumption ? #gnu #coreutils #fail
   • lnxw48 (Linux Walt) (lnxw48@fresh.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 04-Dec-2015 12:18:25 UTC lnxw48 (Linux Walt)

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     @clacke Is there a switch to change which day-of-the-week is first? With multiple date systems out there, this should be possible.
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   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 04-Dec-2015 12:22:46 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     • lnxw48 (Linux Walt)
     @lnxw48 And that's a whole other can o'worms. :-)
     
     On Android 2.3 I set Indian English to get Monday-weeks. Now it's a Calendar setting.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Friday, 04-Dec-2015 12:24:19 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     Aha! Man page says:
     
     %V ISO week number
     %W week number
     
     Both assume Monday starts the week.
   • MMN-o ✅⃠ (mmn@social.umeahackerspace.se)'s status on Saturday, 05-Dec-2015 23:16:25 UTC MMN-o ✅⃠

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     @clacke There's also the variations of counting Jan 1 of the new year to either the first week of the new year (even though it's maybe not a Monday, but because it's a new year) or the last week of the previous year (because it's probably _not_ a Monday and thus a continuation of the last week).
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   • Temporary Marjolein (mk@oracle.skilledtests.com)'s status on Sunday, 06-Dec-2015 04:18:18 UTC Temporary Marjolein

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     • MMN-o ✅⃠
     @mmn @clacke there are standards for that. :-) Yes, plural, but standards nonetheless. Just pick one and stick with it.
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   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Dec-2015 15:19:35 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     • MMN-o ✅⃠
     • lnxw48 (Linux Walt)
     • Temporary Marjolein
     @mk @mmn @lnxw48 POSIX picked the wrong one. But they also have ISO, so it's all good. #Fail is on me for kneejerk reaction before man page.
   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Dec-2015 15:20:43 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

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     • MMN-o ✅⃠
     • lnxw48 (Linux Walt)
     • Temporary Marjolein
     @mmn @mk @lnxw48 Yeah, which week is week 1 is the difference between POSIX and ISO week numbering.
   • nds (nds@micro.fragdev.com)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Dec-2015 15:35:13 UTC nds

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     @clacke I mean, no matter what the standard is, there's some form of cultural assumption…
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   • Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) (clackemovedtoheldscalla@quitter.se)'s status on Tuesday, 08-Dec-2015 17:20:25 UTC Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠)

     • lnxw48 (Linux Walt)
     • Temporary Marjolein
     • nds
     @nds @mk @mmn @lnxw48 Of course. My sort of joke was that the American assumption is wrong and mine is correct. ;-)