Re: calander package - Proposal for dates

["Marin David Condic" <marin.condic.auntie.spam@pacemicro.com>]

Just as a point of reference, the Gregorian calendar considers Sunday to be
the first day of the week. This goes way back to early Christian practices.
The first Christians were still practicing Jews. They attended Synagog on
Saturday (which was/is the Sabbath in Jewish practice) and then gathered
together for Christian prayer, etc on Sunday - the first day of the week in
the Jewish calendar.

So at least by long standing Christian and Jewish tradition, Sunday is
considered the first day of the week. Likewise, this is carried over in the
Gregorian calendar. Obviously, for purposes of business, the *practical*
first day of the week is Monday - since that's when we have to stop having
fun and get back to work. :-)

MDC
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"Martin Dowie" <martin.dowie@baesystems.com> wrote in message
news:3ab74130$1@pull.gecm.com...
> 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. :-)
>