Re: Ada95 calendar package question

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

Sorry, Peter. It isn't. Historically, Sunday is the first day of the week.
Practically, people treat Monday as the first day of the week because that's
the day we all go back to work. However, I think if you dig into the
historic roots of it you'll discover that a) The Jewish tradition had the
Sabbath as Saturday and therefore Sunday was the first day of the week. b)
The early Christians - also being Jewish - went to Synagog on the Sabbath,
then gathered on the first day of the week for Christian celebration. c) the
Roman calendars that form the basis for our modern day calendar were
established by Christians - keeping Sunday as the first day of the week.

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.

MDC
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"Peter Hermann" <ica2ph@iris16.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote in message
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> James Rogers <jimmaureenrogers@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> > Vladimir Bednikov wrote:
> >> Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat and Sun for days of the week and
> >> Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr .... for the month of the year.
> > -- This generic package works when Sunday is declared to be the
> > -- first day of the week. It must be the first value of the
>
> Sorry James, but:
> I very much prefer Monday as the first day of the week,
> simply because it is the first day of the week  :-)
>
> see:
>
http://www.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de/homes/ph/adapilotresources/basic_tools/c
alenday.ads
>
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