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: 103376,45c857e19c4ee2df X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-28 06:35:40 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!212.43.194.69!fr.clara.net!heighliner.fr.clara.net!newsfeed.planete.net!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: Ada95 calendar package question Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 09:17:16 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9hfap0$l1v$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9hbb9n$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$1@news.huji.ac.il> NNTP-Posting-Host: 136.170.200.133 X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 993734240 21567 136.170.200.133 (28 Jun 2001 13:17:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 28 Jun 2001 13:17:20 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9197 Date: 2001-06-28T13:17:20+00:00 List-Id: Well, this would make sense given - as I observed - that the Sunday=First Day thingie came out of the Jewish observation of the Sabbath. It would be logical for Israel to have Friday/Saturday as the weekend. There may, of course, be practical considerations for those doing international business... MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "Ehud Lamm" wrote in message news:9hdnkv$se7$1@news.huji.ac.il... > > Marin David Condic wrote in message > news:9hcmq5$m93$1@nh.pace.co.uk... > > 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. > > Well, y'all may start your work week on Mondays, but here in Israel we start > working on Sunday... > > 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... > > > -- > Ehud Lamm mslamm@mscc.huji.ac.il > http://purl.oclc.org/NET/ehudlamm <== Me! > > > > >