Calendar

Many of you know that not all countries use the date format used in the U.S. (mm-dd-yyyy).  Today is April 8, 2011, which could also be 2011-4-8 or 8 April 2011, but here I usually see it written as 8/4-11.

This idea was not new to me but what I had not experienced was living with a system that numbers the weeks.  The first Monday of the year is the beginning of week one and each Monday a new week begins.  I came across the system when I wanted to make a reservation and the site listed prices for high season and instead of having to list the specific dates for each year it simply listed the week numbers (e.g., Our price is xxx, except during weeks 26 and 27 when it is xxx+10).  Our Danish class eats lunch together every Tuesday of the even weeks, which is easy to figure out.  Fall break is always week 41, regardless of the date.

Some calendars sold here have the same layout as in the U.S., but many look different from the typical grid of large rectangles.  In most homes I see a calendar with columns, one for each family member

This is German (Danish months are not capitalized), but you can see the number of the week on the right (very small on this calendar) and a family member's name at the top of each column.