Dividend Declaration Date

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- Definition

Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=27012166&loc=d3e187085-122770

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- Definition

Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 3
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4304-108586

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- Definition

Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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- Definition

Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) - $ / shares		3 Months Ended						4 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 15, 2017	Sep. 11, 2016	Jun. 19, 2016	Mar. 27, 2016	Sep. 06, 2015	Jun. 14, 2015	Mar. 22, 2015	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016	Jan. 01, 2017	Jan. 03, 2016	Dec. 28, 2014
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared per share		$ 0.38	$ 0.38	$ 0.38	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.31	$ 0.38	$ 0.31	$ 1.52	$ 1.24	$ 1.00
Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared per share	$ 0.46
Dividend declaration date	Feb. 15, 2017
Record date of dividend	Mar. 15, 2017
Dividend payable date	Mar. 30, 2017