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Re: DHIS 2 - week

 

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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