Examples of work hour patterns | 
If a shop operates from 08:00 to 17:00, Monday through Friday, each week, and is closed on Saturdays and Sundays, it has the following number of days in its pattern with corresponding begin and end times:
| 
 Day of the pattern  | 
 Begin time  | 
 End time  | 
| 
 1  | 
 00:00  | 
 00:00  | 
| 
 2  | 
 08:00  | 
 17:00  | 
| 
 3  | 
 08:00  | 
 17:00  | 
| 
 4  | 
 08:00  | 
 17:00  | 
| 
 5  | 
 08:00  | 
 17:00  | 
| 
 6  | 
 08:00  | 
 17:00  | 
| 
 7  | 
 00:00  | 
 00:00  | 
If a shop operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, it has only one day in its pattern with begin and end times of 00:00 and 23:59:
| 
 Day of the pattern  | 
 Begin time  | 
 End time  | 
| 
 1  | 
 00:00  | 
 23:59  |