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[Carlos Nyembwe <nyembwe@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hello all, I have an observation.
I'd like to know why when I generates the report on the validation data on
the period column, she has dual display? if medium, can you review that?


2014-03-25 9:16 GMT-07:00 Shantala Raman <sraman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Yes, it would be great if the week numbers in a year and start & end days
> can be made configurable. I will wait to hear from this group on whether
> this is possible.
>
> Regards,
> Shantala
>
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 2:32 AM, Jason Pickering <
> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Shantala,
>>
>> As Knut's email alludes to , along the article which you shared hints at,
>> there may be different definitions of what an "Epi Week" actually is.
>>
>> It is therefore that DHIS2 has adopted the ISO standard definition, which
>> can be determined with precision, due to the rigor of its definition.
>>
>> In your case, is you requirement that your week begins on Sunday instead
>> of Monday, with the first week being determined by the "The first epi week
>> of the year ends, by definition, on the first Saturday of January, as long
>> as it falls at least four days into the month"?
>>
>> A question to the developers...would it be possible to support a "user
>> defined period type", which would require that users create their own
>> start/enddates? I realize that this would create problems for the offline
>> features of DHIS2, but this requirement, along with similar ones in
>> countries which do not use the Gregorian calendar, point to the need for
>> something more flexible than what we currently have.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 7:42 PM, Shantala Raman <sraman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Sure. The requirement is to have data collection done weekly with the
>>> week being an Epi week <http://www.cmmcp.org/epiweek.htm> (epidemiology
>>> week), having week start date of Sunday and end date of Saturday.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 12:48 PM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Could you elaborate a bit on your specific requirements?
>>>>
>>>> Knut
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Shantala Raman <
>>>> sraman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you. This helps.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:58 AM, Knut Staring <knutst@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> We have actually accommodated other weeks (eg Wed to Tue) in
>>>>>> Cambodia, but this code is not yet part of the core.
>>>>>>  On Mar 24, 2014 12:53 PM, "Jason Pickering" <
>>>>>> jason.p.pickering@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi Shantala,
>>>>>>> The weeks are calculated according to the ISO 8601 time and date
>>>>>>> standard.
>>>>>>> This generally means weeks start on Monday and end on Sunday.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>  More info can be found here
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_week_date
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>>> Jason
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Shantala Raman <
>>>>>>> sraman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> For data that is reported/collected on a weekly basis, we have a
>>>>>>>> requirement to use Epidemiology weeks. I wanted to know how the weeks are
>>>>>>>> calculated in DHIS2. Please point me to any documentation around the logic
>>>>>>>> for calculating the weeks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Shantala
>>>>>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
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