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Bug 7869 - complicated calculation given, but not clearly (only implicitly) stating the obvious question: which day does the week start with? I strongly feel it's Monday, but other people/cultures disagree, I think.
Summary: complicated calculation given, but not clearly (only implicitly) stating the ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: LC
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2009-10-10 02:17 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 14:57 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2009-10-10 02:17:52 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#weeks

Comment:
complicated calculation given, but not clearly (only implicitly) stating the obvious question: which day does the week start with? I strongly feel it's Monday, but other people/cultures disagree, I think.

Posted from: 78.46.195.14
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2009-10-20 23:13:58 UTC 
This field is primarily intended for people using ISO weeks, which start on Monday.
Comment 2 contributor 2009-10-20 23:15:05 UTC 
Checked in as WHATWG revision r4215.
Check-in comment: Clarify that weeks start on Mondays for the purpose of type=week.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=4214&to=4215