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[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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