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Re: "weekly" javascript?

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RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> wrote on 06 Feb 2016 in comp.lang.javascript:

> On 28/12/2015 04:27, Stefan Ram wrote:
>> super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> writes:
>>> OK, but how do I indicate the appropriate element to come up according
>>> to the week of year?
>>
>>    The rules for the determination of the week of the year
>>    depend on the culture (locale). Germany (»Kalenderwoche«)
>>    might have other rules than the United States of America.
> 
> Culture and locale are distinctly different concepts. Germany and USA 
> are countries defined by administrative boundaries, each encompassing a 
> great many locales and cultures.
> 
> 
>>    So, you first need to decide which culture to use.
> 
> Culture? My grandmother thought I had none, so better to not start there.
> 
> A better place might be the administrative areas in which most of your 
> users reside (perhaps countries or continental regions) and then look to 
> the systems the administrators of those areas have chosen.
> 
> If you have a truly global audience, then chose the one most 
> administrations have chosen, which is likely ISO 8601.

This ISO being a child of DIN [Deutche Industri Norm] ???

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Re: "weekly" javascript? super70s <super70s@super70s.invalid> - 2015-12-27 12:03 -0600
  Re: "weekly" javascript? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-12-28 12:26 +0100
  Re: "weekly" javascript? RobG <rgqld@iinet.net.au> - 2016-02-06 17:06 +1000
    Re: "weekly" javascript? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2016-02-06 10:59 +0100

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