when is "the third week of January" this year?
Dec 25, 2007 | 12:45 pm
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when is "the third week of January" this year?
a european said to keep the "third week of january" open. i looked at the calendar and am not sure when that is. in your opinion, what would those dates be? (and obviously i would call and ask if i could, but i can't right now 
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Dec 25, 2007 | 2:48 pm
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In this case it is very simple because the month starts on a Tuesday. Regardless of how you interpret "third week" you almost certainly arrive at the same week.
It's much more confusing when the month starts on a Saturday. In that case you might say the first week begins on the second day of the month, so the first day of the month is the zeroth week. Or the first day of the month could be the first week and second day could be the beginning of the second week. It depends on how you interpret it.
I found this interesting discussion on the subject: Denotation of the "n-th Week of the Month/Year"
Also note that "European" is rather vague. Do you mean Greek Orthodox or some other type of European?
It's much more confusing when the month starts on a Saturday. In that case you might say the first week begins on the second day of the month, so the first day of the month is the zeroth week. Or the first day of the month could be the first week and second day could be the beginning of the second week. It depends on how you interpret it.
I found this interesting discussion on the subject: Denotation of the "n-th Week of the Month/Year"
Also note that "European" is rather vague. Do you mean Greek Orthodox or some other type of European?
Dec 25, 2007 | 3:58 pm
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In this case it is very simple because the month starts on a Tuesday. Regardless of how you interpret "third week" you almost certainly arrive at the same week.
It's much more confusing when the month starts on a Saturday. In that case you might say the first week begins on the second day of the month, so the first day of the month is the zeroth week. Or the first day of the month could be the first week and second day could be the beginning of the second week. It depends on how you interpret it.
I found this interesting discussion on the subject: Denotation of the "n-th Week of the Month/Year"
Also note that "European" is rather vague. Do you mean Greek Orthodox or some other type of European?
It's much more confusing when the month starts on a Saturday. In that case you might say the first week begins on the second day of the month, so the first day of the month is the zeroth week. Or the first day of the month could be the first week and second day could be the beginning of the second week. It depends on how you interpret it.
I found this interesting discussion on the subject: Denotation of the "n-th Week of the Month/Year"
Also note that "European" is rather vague. Do you mean Greek Orthodox or some other type of European?
Dec 25, 2007 | 5:15 pm
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I haven't checked the official ISO calendar, but I doubt it - both because that was nearly 11 months ago and because it was a Wednesday. Perhaps you meant "31 December 2007?"
Dec 25, 2007 | 6:29 pm
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I would say it's Jan 13-19, 2008 (weeks start on Sundays to me).
Dec 26, 2007 | 3:38 am
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I'd say 14 January - as a lot of people will be back at work on 2 January after the holidays there is plenty of time in that week to make it count as the first week of work.