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The number of the week of the year that the day is in. By definition
- (<acronym>ISO</acronym> 8601), the first week of a year
- contains January 4 of that year. (The <acronym>ISO</acronym>-8601
- week starts on Monday.) In other words, the first Thursday of
- a year is in week 1 of that year.
+ (<acronym>ISO</acronym> 8601), weeks start on Mondays and the first
+ week of a year contains January 4 of that year. In other words, the
+ first Thursday of a year is in week 1 of that year.
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- Because of this, it is possible for early January dates to be part of the
- 52nd or 53rd week of the previous year. For example, <literal>2005-01-01</>
- is part of the 53rd week of year 2004, and <literal>2006-01-01</> is part of
- the 52nd week of year 2005.
+ In the ISO definition, it is possible for early-January dates to be
+ part of the 52nd or 53rd week of the previous year, and for
+ late-December dates to be part of the first week of the next year.
+ For example, <literal>2005-01-01</> is part of the 53rd week of year
+ 2004, and <literal>2006-01-01</> is part of the 52nd week of year
+ 2005, while <literal>2012-12-31</> is part of the first week of 2013.
+ It's recommended to use the <literal>isoyear</> field together with
+ <literal>week</> to get consistent results.
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