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> In general I think the world lives in weeks rather than months and it's a little unfortunate that our date system obscures this. In Denmark using week number
by thomasahle 3y ago
> In general I think the world lives in weeks rather than months and it's a little unfortunate that our date system obscures this.
In Denmark using week numbers is very normal. People will know what week's are vacation weeks, and ask you what your plans are for week 40 etc.
I wonder if this is common in other countries too?
- sk0g 3y agoIt's about as common here (AU) as referring to dates as sprints since epoch. So not very.
- Scarblac 3y agoSprints since epoch, that's a nice one!
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- meling 3y agoWeek numbers are quite common in Norway as well.
- kugelblitz 3y agoIn Germany some people might ask "Hey, let's meet up on calendar week 42", but I then always have to quickly google "when is week 42". I think people who are in the office a lot and have management meetings will know these weeks better. But only very recently a couple of friends of mine mis-communicated because they had a different week in mind ("so how about we meet this Wednesday?" - "I thought you wrote calendar week 33, not 32, I'm away on seminar all week.") I much prefer "Hey, let's meet up on the week of November 6th" (the date being the Monday of the week).
- eru 3y agoI grew up in Germany, but never seriously worked there. I never really encountered the week number being used (much). But as you say, that might be something common in specific places of work.
- Scarblac 3y agoIn the Netherlands I think it's common to think like that in larger organizations, and so people who work there sometimes talk like that in private too.
- ivanche 3y agoIn Germany it seems normal. In Serbia I don't remember anyone ever used it in my presence, emails etc.