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=0.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,TO_NO_BRKTS_FROM_MSSP 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: 2001-06-27 08:17:58 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!feed.textport.net!newsranger.com!www.newsranger.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada From: Ted Dennison References: <9hbb9n$g14$1@fang.dsto.defence.gov.au> <3B395724.6B4B9B67@worldnet.att.net> <9hc5n4$jl$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <9hcmq5$m93$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B39E6C2.680A5CA@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> <9hcr23$o0d$1@nh.pace.co.uk> Subject: Re: Ada95 calendar package question Message-ID: X-Abuse-Info: When contacting newsranger.com regarding abuse please X-Abuse-Info: forward the entire news article including headers or X-Abuse-Info: else we will not be able to process your request X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsranger.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:17:54 EDT Organization: http://www.newsranger.com Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 15:17:54 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:9149 Date: 2001-06-27T15:17:54+00:00 List-Id: In article <9hcr23$o0d$1@nh.pace.co.uk>, Marin David Condic says... >Odd that it was Roman calendars (European) that pretty much set Sunday as >the first day of the week and now the Europeans don't use this convention >while the US still does. When was it Europe decided to pitch their own >standard? Probably about the time Seventh-day Adventists starting knocking on their doors like they do here. :-) --- T.E.D. homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html home email - mailto:dennison@telepath.com