Re: PHP 4.0 Bug #7640 Updated: problem with weeknumbers

On 5 Nov 2000 rasmus@php.net wrote: > ID: 7640 > Updated by: rasmus > Reported By: jesper@barra.se > Status: Closed > Bug Type: Date/time related > Assigned To: > Comments: > > That is expected behaviour. Please read the manual: > http://www.php.net/manual/function.strftime.php > > %V - The ISO 8601:1988 week number of the current year as a decimal number, range 01 to 53, > where week 1 is the first week that has at least 4 days in the current year, and with Monday as the > first day of the week. > > Previous Comments: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > [2000-11-04 17:59:07] jesper@barra.se > print strftime("%V",mktime(0,0,0,12,31,1999)); > # prints weeknumber 52 > print strftime("%V",mktime(0,0,0,01,01,2000)); > # prints weeknumber 53 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=7640 > I thought so too, then I checked, and the first is a Friday, and the second is a Saturday. Inquiring minds want to know: why does the week count increment even though it's actually the same week? -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>