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: 103376,45c857e19c4ee2df X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-27 06:59:35 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!cyclone.swbell.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B39E6C2.680A5CA@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> From: Wes Groleau X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en,es,fr,pt MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada95 calendar package question References: <9hbb9n$g14$1@fang.dsto.defence.gov.au> <3B395724.6B4B9B67@worldnet.att.net> <9hc5n4$jl$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <9hcmq5$m93$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 08:59:30 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 993650374 151.168.144.162 (Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:59:34 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 09:59:34 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9143 Date: 2001-06-27T08:59:30-05:00 List-Id: > To a large extent, its pretty much an arbitrary and capricious choice as to > which day is "first" - but I think you'll find most calendars adhere to the > Sunday/First convention. There is now winding down a long (both in duration and number of posts) argument on this issue in alt.usage.english or alt.english.usage Apparently, many if not most calendars in Europe start with Monday. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau