From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,34e6505a3616fb21 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-03-20 07:31:28 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison Sender: usenet@www.newsranger.com References: <3ab74130$1@pull.gecm.com> Subject: Re: calander package - Proposal for dates Message-ID: <0EKt6.1859$94.2556@www.newsranger.com> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 15:25:48 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com X-Trace: www.newsranger.com 985101948 127.0.0.1 (Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:25:48 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 10:25:48 EST Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.gv.tsc.tdk.com!falcon.america.net!newspump.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!newsfeed.germany.net!fu-berlin.de!news.bnb-lp.com!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5899 Date: 2001-03-20T15:25:48+00:00 List-Id: In article <3ab74130$1@pull.gecm.com>, Martin Dowie says... > >well, I can only spoke from a Church of Scotland (Christian, Presbyterian) >background >but "on the 7th day he rested", making Monday the first day. :-) Actually, in this country (if not in others), the "7th Day Adventists" use similar logic to claim that Saturday is the true sabbath, not Sunday. I'm not a theological historian, so I don't know if they have a case or not. Boy we are getting far afield here, and without Dr. Dewar to nag us about it too. :-( --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com