whats the first day of the week?

[andrewjm]

i know calendars show the first day in the row being suday, but doesn't the weekEND include saturday and sunday, making those days come at the end of the week...

so is the first day of the week sunday or monday?

 

[Shawn]

Sunday

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

I say it's Monday

 

[Descartes]

I'd say it's both depending on whether you're coming from a religious or business perspective.

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

No Poll?

 

[xcript]

Monday

 

[Anubis]

monday

and it sucks

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Descartes
I'd say it's both depending on whether you're coming from a religious or business perspective.

Well my week at work starts on Sat because thats when we get our new schedules.

 

[dullard]

I feel the week begins on Monday. Don't know if there is an official designation though.

 

[Ikonomi]

Sunday.

 

[MechJinx]

religiously- Sunday
secularly- Monday

my $.02 anyways

 

[Bootprint]

In international standard ISO-8601 the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has decreed that Monday shall be the first day of the week.

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: Anubis
monday

and it sucks

sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays....

😀

 

[andrewjm]

Originally posted by: Bootprint
In international standard ISO-8601 the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has decreed that Monday shall be the first day of the week.

wow... that seems professional 😉

or you could have just pulled it out of your @$$.. hehe

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: andrewjm

Originally posted by: Bootprint
In international standard ISO-8601 the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has decreed that Monday shall be the first day of the week.

wow... that seems professional 😉

or you could have just pulled it out of your @$$.. hehe

http://www.google.com/search?q=ISO-8601+the+International+Organization+for+Standardization+%28ISO%29+has+decreed+that+Monday+shall+be+the+first+day+of+the+week.

 

[simms]

Sorry, this is better.
http://www.wordiq.com/definition/ISO_8601

ISO 8601 standard weeks run from Monday (day 1) through Sunday (day 7). ISO 8601 assumes that Monday is the first day of the week, a practice that is commonly followed in Europe. The USA commonly assumes that Sunday is the first day of the week (following a tradition derived from ancient Jews and ancient Egyptians)

For the week numbering it is relevant to note that in this system Thursday is the day in the middle of the week, even though the Wednesday is in the middle of a working week from Monday through Friday.

Weeks are numbered within a year from 1 to 52 or 53. A complete week that spans two year numbers will adopt the year number and week number from the portion of the week that has the greater number of days within either of the two years. Equivalently, the Thursdays of a year determine the week numbering: week 1 is defined as the week that contains the first Thursday of the year, etc.

In some European business contexts dates are not specified by month and day of the month but by this week number and the day of the week.