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=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no 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 06:30:09 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!nntp.cs.ubc.ca!freenix!oleane.net!oleane!isdnet!psinet-france!psiuk-f4!psiuk-p4!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: calander package - Proposal for dates Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:15:10 -0500 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <997om0$hh9$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <3ab74130$1@pull.gecm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 985097728 17961 136.170.200.133 (20 Mar 2001 14:15:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 20 Mar 2001 14:15:28 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: supernews.google.com comp.lang.ada:5896 Date: 2001-03-20T14:15:28+00:00 List-Id: 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 -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Martin Dowie" 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. :-) >