Originally Posted by
CarlTheWebmaster
That would be great.
The thing is, every other calendar I look at -- outlook, printed calendars, Google calendar -- every single one -- has Sunday thru Saturday. I keep picking the wrong day of the week in KVS and literally almost booked flights for the wrong dates several times.
Hence the strong response...
Originally Posted by
jarusoba
I have no problem with this.^ The week starts with Monday, not Sunday, as far as I'm concerned.
The issue of the weekday numbering is a messy one:
From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday
"Sunday (pronounced /ˈsʌndi/ or /ˈsʌndeɪ/ (listen)) is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. In the Jewish law, Sunday is the first day of the Hebrew calendar week. In most Christian traditions it is considered the "Christian Sabbath", which is a change from seventh-day Sabbath or Jewish Shabbat.[1] For many Christians it began to take the place of Shabbat as the day set apart for the public and solemn worship of God.
Sunday is considered the first day of the week in some countries, including the United States and Japan, although today many countries such as the United Kingdom regard Sunday as the seventh day, at least in the working week and the civil week.[2]"
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The official ISO 8601 Calendar Standard states that Monday is the first day of the week. In the Judaeo-Christian tradition Sunday has been considered as the first day of the week. In many countries, calendars show Monday as day 1 of the week
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Christians from very early times have had differences of opinion on the question of whether Sabbath should be observed on a Saturday or a Sunday. The issue does not arise for Jews, for whom Shabbat is unquestionably on Saturday, nor for Muslims whose day of assembly (jumu'ah) is on a Friday.
In other words, there is no reason why Sunday should be considered to be the 1st day of the week for civil purposes (e.g. Sat/Sun = week-
end). Furthermore, since the Christian version of the Sabbath actually falls on a Sunday (as opposed to Saturday), the 1st day of the week would be Monday (and not Sunday).
And yet most US calendars are Sunday-based...