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Care to point out which hours that would be? Unless there's a timezone that skips 12 hours or more on DST, I don't see there's a problem. Had ramjamman actually suggested to subtract 86400 in each iteration, there would be 6 hours/year where this would be a problem - the hour between midnight and 1 AM on the Monday - Saturday following the Sunday when DST is enabled. (Assuming DST skips an hour, and starts on a Sunday. And assuming the local timezone actually has DST - many parts of the world don't).
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Re^4: Is there an easy way to get the start date of the current week?
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 21, 2010 at 22:55 UTC

    Had ramjamman actually suggested to subtract 86400 in each iteration

    I stand corrected. (Magic numbers == bad)

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      (Magic numbers == bad)

      I'm amazed, given your programming experience, that 86,400 isn't as memorable to you as 1024 or 65536. It's certainly has been a number I recall without thinking about, for longer than I care to think about.

      43,200 isn't so familiar. But then, if you see a number that you don't recognise, then it's as well to question "why that number". Sure, I could have use 12*60*60, or a constant HALF_A_DAY_IN_SECONDS, but would anyone have then though about "why half a day"?

      Assumptions == bad. Code that make you question it == good.

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