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: 2001-06-28 07:33:10 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!cambridge1-snf1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!bos-service1.ext.raytheon.com!bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3B3B4023.F2DB16A7@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$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9hdnkv$se7$1@news.huji.ac.il> <9hfap0$l1v$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:33:07 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 151.168.144.162 X-Complaints-To: news@ext.ray.com X-Trace: bos-service2.ext.raytheon.com 993738789 151.168.144.162 (Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:33:09 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 10:33:09 EDT Organization: Raytheon Company Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9201 Date: 2001-06-28T09:33:07-05:00 List-Id: > Well, this would make sense given - as I observed - that the Sunday=First > Day thingie came out of the Jewish observation of the Sabbath. It would be > logical for Israel to have Friday/Saturday as the weekend. There may, of > course, be practical considerations for those doing international > business... > > > Obviously Saturady is not a working day here for religious reasons (yep, > we > > are Jewish). Funny thing is that when we moved to a five day work week, we > > made Friday part of the weekend, and not Sunday... Since the Sabbath begins at sundown on the Gentile Friday, to work a full day on Friday could make things rather rushed before sundown--which would kind of go against the spirit of the Sabbath. -- Wes Groleau http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~wgroleau