First day of week

[Kyanzes]

What is this stuff about "first day of week"? I mean, it supposed to be Monday, isn't it? Never used these functions in prog languages ever but always wanted to know in what parts of the world (or in what situations) is it used? I mean, are there places where the weeks begin with Sunday? Help me out here pls. Sorry for my ignorance.

 

[purbeast0]

eh in the US Sunday is the first day of the week, Monday is the 2nd day of the week.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
eh in the US Sunday is the first day of the week, Monday is the 2nd day of the week.

yup.

look at a calendar.

 

[Ika]

The US is very strange and has Sunday as the first day. I think you guys over in Europe have Monday as the first day though.

 

[Ausm]

Monday= SUCK


Ausm

 

[QED]

Sunday has alway been, and will always be the first day of the week.

In Biblical days, the Sabbath day (day of rest) was the seventh day of the week-- being what we know nowadays as Saturday.

 

[Queasy]

Sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays.

 

[Kyanzes]

Quite interesting. Not that I have found any info on it on US related sites. So weekend means Friday and Saturday in the US then? Hmmm... and you work on Sundays? Thanks for the info anyway.

 

[maximus maximus]

Sunday FTW

 

[VTHodge]

My paycheck says the week starts with Saturday and ends with Friday. I am not going to argue with my paycheck.

 

[Alkaline5]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
Quite interesting. Not that I have found any info on it on US related sites. So weekend means Friday and Saturday in the US then? Hmmm... and you work on Sundays? Thanks for the info anyway.

No, you are confusing the US with opposite land. Our weeks are exactly like yours except Sunday comes at the beginning (not the end) of the week.

 

[Packin]

A great deal of people do not work on Sundays.

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
Quite interesting. Not that I have found any info on it on US related sites. So weekend means Friday and Saturday in the US then? Hmmm... and you work on Sundays? Thanks for the info anyway.

The weekend in the US is Saturday and Sunday, although some people claim that the weekend really starts Friday after work.

In any case, most people don't work on Sundays.

 

[DrPizza]

Sunday may be first on the calendar, but Saturday and Sunday in the United States are called the *weekend*

First day of the week is Monday.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
Quite interesting. Not that I have found any info on it on US related sites. So weekend means Friday and Saturday in the US then? Hmmm... and you work on Sundays? Thanks for the info anyway.

The weekend in the US is Saturday and Sunday, although some people claim that the weekend really starts Friday after work.

In any case, most people don't work on Sundays.

actually, i wonder what the ratio of weekend workers is to non-weekend workers?
think about it, most retail stores and restaurants are open 7 days a week. thats a lot of stores and a lot of people.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: QED
Sunday has alway been, and will always be the first day of the week.

In Biblical days, the Sabbath day (day of rest) was the seventh day of the week-- being what we know nowadays as Saturday.

I thought the Sabbath day was Sunday??

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Sunday may be first on the calendar, but Saturday and Sunday in the United States are called the *weekend*

First day of the week is Monday.

I think you mean the first day of the weekday is Monday.

Sunday is still widely considered the first day of the week, whether on a calendar or not.

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: QED
Sunday has alway been, and will always be the first day of the week.

In Biblical days, the Sabbath day (day of rest) was the seventh day of the week-- being what we know nowadays as Saturday.

I thought the Sabbath day was Sunday??

No... the early Christians began meeting on Sundays in rememberance of the Resurrection, which was also on a Sunday. However, they did their resting (as well as preaching in Jewish synogogues) on the Sabbath-- Saturday.

EDIT: This is why the Jewish sabbath is still on Saturdays-- they of course did not want to change the day of their Sabbath in deference to the resurrection of Jesus. There are even some Christian sects (notably 7th Day Adventists) that believe we should still celbrate the Sabbath on its original day instead of Sunday.

 

[Kyanzes]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Sunday may be first on the calendar, but Saturday and Sunday in the United States are called the *weekend*

First day of the week is Monday.

I will hold myself back and won't ask why is it called "Sun-day". Anyway if it's indeed "Sun-day" then Saturday surely has to do something with Saturnus (or perhaps Saturn in English). Okay, forget it. My flawless education shows itself and I'm starting to feel uncomfortable (eww). So it's only a calendar thing that Sunday is the first day of the week, has no administrative relevance? Ok.

 

[Alkaline5]

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: QED
Sunday has alway been, and will always be the first day of the week.

In Biblical days, the Sabbath day (day of rest) was the seventh day of the week-- being what we know nowadays as Saturday.

I thought the Sabbath day was Sunday??

In the traditional Jewish use of the word it's Saturday.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: QED
There are even some Christian sects (notably 7th Day Adventists) that believe we should still celbrate the Sabbath on its original day instead of Sunday.

There was an extremely cute girl in high school that I was interested in but her family was 7th Day Adventist. That meant she couldn't do anything from sunset on Friday to sunset on Saturday. We ended up hanging out as friends mostly even though the interest was there between us.

It was also a bit of a PITA for her brother. He was a pretty decent basketball player but Friday night games were a no no.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Kyanzes

Originally posted by: DrPizza
Sunday may be first on the calendar, but Saturday and Sunday in the United States are called the *weekend*

First day of the week is Monday.

I will hold myself back and won't ask why is it called "Sun-day". Anyway if it's indeed "Sun-day" then Saturday surely has to do something with Saturnus (or perhaps Saturn in English). Okay, forget it. My flawless education shows itself and I'm starting to feel uncomfortable (eww). So it's only a calendar thing that Sunday is the first day of the week, has no administrative relevance? Ok.

In the United States we consider Sunday to be the first day of the week. Monday is the first day of the workweek, which is Monday-Friday.

In some countries, including most of Eastern Europe, Sunday is held to be the last day of the week as they consider Monday the first day of the working week. In others, including the United States, Canada, and in parts of Africa it is seen as the first day, a traditional view derived from ancient Jews, Egyptians and the Holy Roman Empire.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday

 

[QED]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: QED

Originally posted by: Kyanzes
Quite interesting. Not that I have found any info on it on US related sites. So weekend means Friday and Saturday in the US then? Hmmm... and you work on Sundays? Thanks for the info anyway.

The weekend in the US is Saturday and Sunday, although some people claim that the weekend really starts Friday after work.

In any case, most people don't work on Sundays.

actually, i wonder what the ratio of weekend workers is to non-weekend workers?
think about it, most retail stores and restaurants are open 7 days a week. thats a lot of stores and a lot of people.

Even factoring in all that, I'd say less than 20% of full-time workers work on Sunday. Even workers at retail stores and restaurants that are open on Sundays are generally heavily outnumbered by their shoppers and diners (who obviously aren't working on Sunday).