Comments on: Days of the week http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/ A little spot on the web all about me, my work and my life in general! Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:30:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Kieran http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-66859 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:46:32 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-66859 Gordon, please see the following posts and associated comments: http://www.kieranoshea.com/2008/04/11/update-calendar/ http://www.kieranoshea.com/2008/02/09/next-version-calendar/ Gordon, please see the following posts and associated comments:

http://www.kieranoshea.com/2008/04/11/update-calendar/
http://www.kieranoshea.com/2008/02/09/next-version-calendar/

]]> by: gordon http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-66844 Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:48:09 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-66844 Kieran- Any idea when you might have the update ready that will allow us to change the start day of the week? Such a change would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Gordon Kieran-

Any idea when you might have the update ready that will allow us to change the start day of the week? Such a change would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Gordon

]]> by: Kieran http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-62108 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 18:41:11 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-62108 I think Michelle is right that this is a US/UK thing. I have my desktop set to UK. When I look at the pop up calendar in the right hand corner it has the week starting on Monday. If I switch my desktop to US it starts on a Sunday. I think Michelle is right that this is a US/UK thing. I have my desktop set to UK. When I look at the pop up calendar in the right hand corner it has the week starting on Monday. If I switch my desktop to US it starts on a Sunday.

]]> by: Michelle http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-62107 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 17:59:42 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-62107 Could I suggest that the reason that most calendaring systems that have embedded day/date functions have Sunday as day(0) is because more software comes out of America then it does Britain. I know in my project at the moment (scheduling timetables) my timetables start at Monday whether you choose to schedule lectures for 5 or 7 days of the week, and I always think of Monday as the first day (and therefore day(0)). Could I suggest that the reason that most calendaring systems that have embedded day/date functions have Sunday as day(0) is because more software comes out of America then it does Britain. I know in my project at the moment (scheduling timetables) my timetables start at Monday whether you choose to schedule lectures for 5 or 7 days of the week, and I always think of Monday as the first day (and therefore day(0)).

]]> by: John Shirey http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-61983 Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:02:36 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-61983 It is cultural. I'm not sure about Roman or Greek origins, but Jesus did rise from the grave on Sunday, the first day of the week in the Jewish calendar. Since our culture exists solely because of this event (despite obvious pervasive ignorance of this fact in this community), it's not entirely irrational that our calendars reflect this historic dating. If you doubt my "opinion" about our culture resting on this fact, I invite you to consider the book "Victory of Reason," which is a concise history of Western Civilization. Pretty eye-opening. I offer another reason. I believe in most calendaring systems that have embedded day/date functions, Sunday is day(0). It is cultural. I’m not sure about Roman or Greek origins, but Jesus did rise from the grave on Sunday, the first day of the week in the Jewish calendar. Since our culture exists solely because of this event (despite obvious pervasive ignorance of this fact in this community), it’s not entirely irrational that our calendars reflect this historic dating. If you doubt my “opinion” about our culture resting on this fact, I invite you to consider the book “Victory of Reason,” which is a concise history of Western Civilization. Pretty eye-opening.

I offer another reason. I believe in most calendaring systems that have embedded day/date functions, Sunday is day(0).

]]> by: Kieran http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-61149 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 21:11:56 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-61149 Interesting, thanks for the input :) Interesting, thanks for the input :)

]]> by: Philip Silouan Thompson http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-61147 Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:06:33 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-61147 For what it's worth, in several languages (Greek and Vietnamese that I know of offhand) the days have numbers instead of names. Monday in Greek is "Second", Tuesday is "Third", and so on. And of course most Romance languages call Saturday something like "Sabado," from the Hebrew word for "Seventh" (hence our word "Sabbath.") That's why Jews and Seventh-Day Adventists worship on Saturday. Other than that, I love your calendar, and plan to implement it on my church website as soon as the day-of-week change is ready. Thanks for creating and maintaining this project! For what it’s worth, in several languages (Greek and Vietnamese that I know of offhand) the days have numbers instead of names. Monday in Greek is “Second”, Tuesday is “Third”, and so on. And of course most Romance languages call Saturday something like “Sabado,” from the Hebrew word for “Seventh” (hence our word “Sabbath.”) That’s why Jews and Seventh-Day Adventists worship on Saturday.

Other than that, I love your calendar, and plan to implement it on my church website as soon as the day-of-week change is ready.

Thanks for creating and maintaining this project!

]]> by: Kieran http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-58989 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:41:30 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-58989 It has to be said that balance of opinion in the responses to this post have been that the week starts on a Sunday so it appears that perhaps, valid though my logic may be, I am outnumbered ;) Still, as you say, support for this will be in the next release. Any day now I hope :) It has to be said that balance of opinion in the responses to this post have been that the week starts on a Sunday so it appears that perhaps, valid though my logic may be, I am outnumbered ;)

Still, as you say, support for this will be in the next release. Any day now I hope :)

]]> by: mr.e-man http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-58988 Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:28:28 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-58988 @ Kieran - I appreciate your take on the logic to starting a week on Monday. It seems like a very reasonable conclusion to me. However, I think that Michelle nailed it when she proposed that it's cultural. Here in the US all of our printed calendars start with the week with Sunday. We snotty Americans just expect to see it that way. Ha! I appreciate your work to create some flexibility with this in the next release. Looking forward to it! Thanks for all of your hard work. @ Kieran - I appreciate your take on the logic to starting a week on Monday. It seems like a very reasonable conclusion to me. However, I think that Michelle nailed it when she proposed that it’s cultural. Here in the US all of our printed calendars start with the week with Sunday. We snotty Americans just expect to see it that way. Ha! I appreciate your work to create some flexibility with this in the next release. Looking forward to it! Thanks for all of your hard work.

]]> by: James Withnell http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-49446 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 15:19:17 +0000 http://www.kieranoshea.com/2007/11/05/days-of-week/#comment-49446 For a number of people, the working week "spills over" into the weekend; i suppose starting on a Sunday means that there's a weekend-day buffer either end of the week! For a number of people, the working week “spills over” into the weekend; i suppose starting on a Sunday means that there’s a weekend-day buffer either end of the week!

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