From: Serg Koren <skoren@...>
Date: 2008-02-29T07:36:42+09:00
Subject: Re: Getting number of days in a month -- getting the number of weeks in a year.

A more interesting question is how do you get the number of weeks in a  
year.
Some years have 52...some have 54.  Calendar weeks...not 7 day weeks.

S




On Feb 28, 2008, at 5:20 PM, William James wrote:

> On Feb 27, 10:17 am, Shandy Nantz <shandyb...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> This is probably an easy question but I am trying to get at the  
>> number
>> of days that are in a month. I have this calendar that I have  
>> built, the
>> idea being that when a month turns from February to March, for  
>> example,
>> the calendar should redisplay itself properly formated showing the  
>> new
>> month and the correct number of days. I have it so that it starts
>> counting the days on the right day of the week, but I have to know  
>> when
>> to stop counting. Any ideas, Thanks,
>>
>> -S
>> --
>> Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
> Awk (not my code):
>
> function days_in_month( y, m )
> {
>  return m==2 ? 28+!(y%4)-!(y%100)+!(y%400) : 30+(m%2 != (m>7))
> }
>