AAArdvark Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 OK, not strictly an IT question but close. I recently bought an LED clock in Thailand which was most probably made in China. The settings and display are mostly straight forward. I set the time (24 hr), the date (date, month and year (Gregorian). The year gets set but does not display. After setting, the display is as expected along with a semi-accurate temperature display. BUT, there is a display which is simply labeled "Week". At first, I was baffled but then I noticed that the numbers went up each day and each number seemed to track the day of the week. So Wednesday was 4, Thursday was 5 and Saturday was 6. I then believed that this was simply a numerical representation of the day of the week - OK. Now comes Sunday and the display now shows an 8, What the #$*(^&. I know that some societies indicate different day of the week number depending what day their week starts. But i am unaware of any society that uses an 8. Do I really have a lunar week clock and what happened to day 7? The tension waiting for Monday's number is unbearable! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkerry Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 48 minutes ago, AAArdvark said: I know that some societies indicate different day of the week number depending what day their week starts. But i am unaware of any society that uses an 8. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAArdvark Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 7 minutes ago, kkerry said: Could you please sing the song for me? I can't remember if they removed day 7 in the song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worgeordie Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 52 weeks in a year,can you set it to whatever week this is ? if that is what it means. regards Worgeordie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAArdvark Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 50 minutes ago, worgeordie said: 52 weeks in a year,can you set it to whatever week this is ? if that is what it means. regards Worgeordie The number goes up each day and there is no way to set the number, only time date and year. I had assumed that setting the date would set the week and it seemed like it was until it went from 6 on Saturday to 8 on Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 There are a couple of videos about that watch on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcusarelus Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAArdvark Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 3 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: There are a couple of videos about that watch on YouTube. The only youtube videos that I see are in every language but English but they do clearly show people changing the date and the week number changes with each date increment. However the week increments are as I stated 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 8. Where is 7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAArdvark Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, marcusarelus said: I have that, but the week numbers still go from 1,2,3,4,5,6 and then 8 with no 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 20 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: There are a couple of videos about that watch on YouTube. Unfortunately my Hindi is a bit insufficient. But one thing is obvious: the "8" is seen regularly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Use black tape to get rid of the problem 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KhunBENQ Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, AAArdvark said: 1,2,3,4,5,6 and 8 Maybe 7 is an unlucky number in China I checked two frames from a video. It is an eternal calender with day of week (not week of year). 1=Monday, .... 6=Saturday. Sunday=8. Get used to it. My digital thingy on the wall says that we are in week 11. Edited March 17, 2019 by KhunBENQ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 Guess what............. Had this for sometime, I could tell you but I would have to ban you.....???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAArdvark Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 15 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said: Use black tape to get rid of the problem I used all my black tape to cover the strobe lights (normal operation) on my smoke alarms which kept me awake. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAArdvark Posted March 17, 2019 Author Share Posted March 17, 2019 20 minutes ago, CharlieH said: Guess what............. Had this for sometime, I could tell you but I would have to ban you.....???? Did you also get your clock at a discount? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, AAArdvark said: Did you also get your clock at a discount? Well it was "good value" took awhile to sus it all out and shut that annoying music up !! But apart from that its ok ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Croc Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 I have that same clock. I also don't know what the number is, but my brain no longer sees it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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