Name: boT120536 Date: 11/08/2000


java version "1.3.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.0-C)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.0-C, mixed mode)

The javadocs for GregorianCalendar state, "Values calculated for the
WEEK_OF_MONTH field range from 0 or 1 to 4 or 5. Week 1 of a month (the days
with WEEK_OF_MONTH = 1) is the earliest set of at least
getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek() contiguous days in that month, ending on the day
before getFirstDayOfWeek()."

But there are cases when the value returned can actually be 6 as in the
following:

         GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar(2000,11,31);
         System.out.println("getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek:" +
gc.getMinimalDaysInFirstWeek());
         System.out.println("getFistDayOfWeek: " + gc.getFirstDayOfWeek());
         System.out.println(gc.get(Calendar.WEEK_OF_MONTH));

Which prints 6, which given the definition for the first week of the month
would be the correct answer. But this disagrees with the statement that 5 is
the maximum value for WEEK_OF_MONTH.

December 1 is a Friday, so December 1 and 2 make up the first week of the
month. Week 2 starts on the 3rd, week 3 on the 10th, week 4 on the 17th, week 5
on the 24th and week 6 on the 31st.
(Review ID: 111116)
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