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I'm Norwegian, but never got used to this, and to this day (I turn 50 this year) my mum will try to communicate time with me using week numbers, and I have to tell her to use dates.

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Week numbers are very useful for static holiday periods like the kid's school fall vacation and winter vacation. In my area, they are always in week 8 and week 40, and as such it's easier to plan accordingly. And my summer vacation is usually weeks 28-30.

Just make sure to turn on week number in your calendar applications, then it might be more useful to you.

Then I still need to consult my calendars, while dates I can relate to the current date without that extra step.

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