Improve documentation of EXTRACT(WEEK).

tglsfdc · tglsfdc · commit b8f459979f4c · 2013-03-18T13:34:21.000-04:00
The docs showed that early-January dates can be considered part of the
previous year for week-counting purposes, but failed to say explicitly
that late-December dates can also be considered part of the next year.
Fix that, and add a cross-reference to the "isoyear" field.  Per bug
#7967 from Pawel Kobylak.
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/func.sgml
@@ -6935,16 +6935,19 @@ SELECT EXTRACT(SECOND FROM TIME '17:12:28.5');
       <listitem>
        <para>
         The number of the week of the year that the day is in.  By definition
-        (<acronym>ISO</acronym> 8601), the first week of a year
-        contains January 4 of that year.  (The <acronym>ISO</acronym>-8601
-        week starts on Monday.)  In other words, the first Thursday of
-        a year is in week 1 of that year.
+        (<acronym>ISO</acronym> 8601), weeks start on Mondays and the first
+        week of a year contains January 4 of that year.  In other words, the
+        first Thursday of a year is in week 1 of that year.
        </para>
        <para>
-        Because of this, it is possible for early January dates to be part of the
-        52nd or 53rd week of the previous year.  For example, <literal>2005-01-01</>
-        is part of the 53rd week of year 2004, and <literal>2006-01-01</> is part of
-        the 52nd week of year 2005.
+        In the ISO definition, it is possible for early-January dates to be
+        part of the 52nd or 53rd week of the previous year, and for
+        late-December dates to be part of the first week of the next year.
+        For example, <literal>2005-01-01</> is part of the 53rd week of year
+        2004, and <literal>2006-01-01</> is part of the 52nd week of year
+        2005, while <literal>2012-12-31</> is part of the first week of 2013.
+        It's recommended to use the <literal>isoyear</> field together with
+        <literal>week</> to get consistent results.
        </para>
 
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