Look and Layout Preferences #10: First day of the week on the calendar
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« on: October 10, 2014, 07:15:56 AM »
You thought I was finished? No...

I don't know how a day other than Monday can be the first day of the week.
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« Reply #1 on: October 11, 2014, 08:09:08 AM »
Which is the first week day in the US, btw?
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« Reply #2 on: October 19, 2014, 05:10:26 AM »
The first day of the week is Sunday, how do you not know the first day of the US week?
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« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2014, 05:49:36 AM »
« Edited: October 19, 2014, 09:32:20 AM by politicus »
Quote from: Bacon King on October 19, 2014, 05:10:26 AM
The first day of the week is Sunday, how do you not know the first day of the US week?

I thnk that is little known outside the US. Sunday has long ago replaced Saturday as the day of rest in (culturally) Christian societies, so its not exactly logical that you are still resting before you work. Quite anachronistic. The modern ISO standard is Monday-Sunday.

And Saturday/Sunday is the week-end. Starting the week before it has ended is strange. Wink
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« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2014, 03:00:40 PM »
Quote from: Bacon King on October 19, 2014, 05:10:26 AM
The first day of the week is Sunday, how do you not know the first day of the US week?

In all of Europe, Monday is the first day of the week.
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« Reply #5 on: October 19, 2014, 03:03:53 PM »
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« Reply #6 on: October 19, 2014, 05:22:52 PM »
Quote from: kitten whiskers on October 19, 2014, 03:00:40 PM
Quote from: Bacon King on October 19, 2014, 05:10:26 AM
The first day of the week is Sunday, how do you not know the first day of the US week?

In all of Europe, Monday is the first day of the week.

Aren't you American tho?
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« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2014, 02:22:03 AM »
Beginning the week with Monday is upsetting to the Seventh Day Adventists and therefore I ask that infraction points be handed out for religious bigotry.
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« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2014, 09:56:09 AM »
Quote from: politicus on October 19, 2014, 05:49:36 AM
Quote from: Bacon King on October 19, 2014, 05:10:26 AM
The first day of the week is Sunday, how do you not know the first day of the US week?

I thnk that is little known outside the US. Sunday has long ago replaced Saturday as the day of rest in (culturally) Christian societies, so its not exactly logical that you are still resting before you work. Quite anachronistic. The modern ISO standard is Monday-Sunday.

And Saturday/Sunday is the week-end. Starting the week before it has ended is strange. Wink

You are forgetting the definition of "end" that means "the part that lies at the boundary."  The weekend is therefore at the transition of one week and the other.

The reason most Christians celebrate Sunday as the day of rest  (I'm sure you know but I'm just stating this explicitly)  because this is the day Christ rose from the dead. This was, according to the Bible, on the first day of the week.
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« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2014, 10:42:41 AM »
« Edited: October 20, 2014, 11:58:11 AM by politicus »
Well, if this map is accurate Sunday is still in the running (may even be a majority). Surprised about China/Japan/Korea. Non-Christians and generally in favour of international standardization.

Burma, Laos and Greenland should be yellow as well.



Green = Saturday (Muslim option)
Blue = Sunday
Yellow = Monday

EDIT: Wiki says that Monday is xīngqīyī (星期一) in Chinese, meaning "day one of the week", that seems to contradict blue colour on the map.
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