Table 4.1 shows examples of different kinds of interval specifications.
Table 4.1: Examples of Intervals
Name |
Description of Interval |
YEAR |
Years that start in January |
YEAR.10 |
Years that start in October |
YEAR2.7 |
Biennial intervals that start in July of even years |
YEAR2.19 |
Biennial intervals that start in July of odd years |
YEAR4.11 |
Four-year intervals that start in November of leap years (frequency of U.S. presidential elections) |
YEAR4.35 |
Four-year intervals that start in November of even years between leap years (frequency of U.S. midterm elections) |
YEARV |
Years that start on the Monday on or immediately preceding January 4th |
YEARV.2 |
Years that start on the Monday immediately following January 4th |
R445MON |
Months that start on the |
R445MON3 |
Three-month intervals that start on the |
R445MON3.2 |
Three-month intervals that start on the |
WEEK |
Weekly intervals that start on Sundays |
WEEK2 |
Biweekly intervals that start on first Sundays |
WEEK1.1 |
Same as WEEK |
WEEK.2 |
Weekly intervals that start on Mondays |
WEEK6.3 |
Six-week intervals that start on first Tuesdays |
WEEK6.11 |
Six-week intervals that start on second Wednesdays |
WEEKDAY |
Daily with Friday-Saturday-Sunday counted as the same day (five-day work week with a Saturday-Sunday weekend) |
WEEKDAY17W |
Same as WEEKDAY |
WEEKDAY5.2 |
Five weekdays that start on Monday. If WEEKDAY data are accumulated into weekly data, the interval of the accumulated data is WEEKDAY5.2 |
WEEKDAY67W |
Daily with Thursday-Friday-Saturday counted as the same day (five-day work week with a Friday-Saturday weekend) |
WEEKDAY1W |
Daily with Saturday-Sunday counted as the same day (six-day work week with a Sunday weekend) |
WEEKDAY3.2 |
Three-weekday intervals (with Friday-Saturday-Sunday counted as one weekday) with the cycle three-weekday periods aligned to Monday, January 4, 1960 |
HOUR8.7 |
Eight-hour intervals that start at 6 a.m., 2 p.m., and 10 p.m. (might be used for work shifts) |