[net.unix] The first day of the week

allbery@ncoast.UUCP (Brandon Allbery) (12/05/85)

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Quoted from <947@rlvd.UUCP> ["Re: crontab: Sunday=7, not 0."], by mike@rlvd.UUCP (Mike Woods)...
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| For at least the last two and a half thousand years Sunday has been
| the first day of the week. How on Earth can ISO decide to run
| counter to the whole (well almost) of humanity and announce that
| Monday is the "standard" first day of the week. I find this somewhat
| pathetic.
| 
| Mike Woods.
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Both French and Spanish calendars start with Monday.  (lunes/lundi)

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