'chas.' wrote, in part:
| So ISO thinks this or ISO thinks that doesn't have anything to do with
what
| is the first day of the week in America.
ISO doesn't 'think' anything. It is a cooperative international
organization that sets standards that are, well, international.
When agreement on a certain proceedure or specification is necessary, then
you damn well better have a standards organization. You may call whatever
day you wish the 'first day of the week', but that is not so useful if you
must communicate unambiguously with someone who calls a DIFFERENT day the
'first day of the week.'
There is also such a thing as a 'naive' search in google. If you don't use
the right string, or ask the correct question, you won't get a useful
answer.
Using Google, try the search string { ISO "first day of the week" }.
Or you just might go to
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/aboutiso/introduction/index.html .
You might also consider that ISO-3166-1 establishes the international
standard for Top-Level Domains. Without such an International Standard, the
World Wide Web could not exist.
Phil Weldon
| From Google Search:
| "...What Is the First Day of the Week?
| The Bible clearly makes the Sabbath the last day of the week, but does not
| share how that corresponds to our 7 day week. Yet through extra-biblical
| sources it is possible to determine that the Sabbath at the time of Christ
| corresponds to our current 'Saturday.' Therefore it is common Jewish and
| Christian practice to regard Sunday as the first day of the week (as is
also
| evident from the Portuguese names for the week days). .."
|
| So ISO thinks this or ISO thinks that doesn't have anything to do with
what
| is the first day of the week in America. Unless, of course, one labors
under
| the 'naive assumption' that individuals are not entitled to their own
choice
| of a day to start the weeks with. A moot point either way, even for people
| who can't read a calendar. Monday is monday and the most hated day of the
| week for most people, whether it's the 1st (which it aint) or the 2nd
(which
| it is) day of the week...
|
| Chas.
|
|
| "Phil Weldon" wrote:
|
| > 'Dennis Marks' wrote, in part:
| > | Maybe I'm picky but I've noticed that the history in IE shows a week
| > | starting on Monday.
| > _____
| >
| > Yes, you are picky.
| >
| > The only two appearances of "a week starting on Monday" in 'History' in
| > Internet Explorer are that 'Last Week' starts on a Monday and '2 Weeks
Ago'
| > starts on a Monday. You might as well complain that 'Last Week' doesn't
| > start 7 days ago. Or that in most emploment situations that Monday is
the
| > first day of the work week. In fact, NOTHING in the USA indicates
SUNDAY as
| > the first day of the week (except the naive assumption that the shape of
a
| > calendar indicates the first and last days of a week.)
| >
| > But to give you a properly picky answer, ISO-8601 defines MONDAY as the
| > first day of the week. (ISO is the International Organization for
| > Standardization)
| >
| > Phil Weldon
| >
| >
| > | > | Maybe I'm picky but I've noticed that the history in IE shows a week
| > | starting on Monday. In the US the week starts on a Sunday. Can the
history
| > | display be changed? Today on Monday it shows sites that I visited
| > yesterday
| > | as being last week.
| > |
| > | --
| > | Dennis
| > |
| > | Disclaimer: The above is my opinion. I do not guarantee it. Be sure to
| > back
| > | up any files involved and use at your own risk. Batteries not
included.
| > Not
| > | for internal use. Don't run with knives.
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
| >
