[PHP-DOC] Re: #21212 [Opn->Bgs]: strftime fails when crossing year From: Derick Rethans (d.rethans <email protected>)
Date: 12/30/02

On 30 Dec 2002 pollita <email protected> wrote:

> Please note the manual page:
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.strftime.php
>
> ----------------------------
> %G - The 4-digit year corresponding to the ISO week number (see %V).
> This has the same format and value as %Y, except that if the ISO week
> number belongs to the previous or next year, that year is used instead.
>
>
> ----------------------------
>
> A reminder about ISO week numbers. They begin on mondays, end on
> sundays, and are considered a part of the year in which the majority of
> their days fall.
>
> 12/31/2001 falls on a monday, it's ISO week ends on Sunday 1/6/2002,
> (six days fall in 2002, one falls in 2001) ergo %G for that date
> returns "2002".
>
> This is expected behavior for %G. Try using %Y instead.

Maybe we can add this nice example to the manual?

Derick 

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