On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 21:18:13 +0700, Thomas Fernandez wrote: > In Chinese, Monday is called "Day-one", Tuesday is "Day-two". There > is an exception to the rule on the weekend, I forgot.
Thomas, if we are going to get down to such detail, then in Hebrew, Sunday is "Yom Rishon" (First Day). The numbering continues until Saturday, which is called "Yom Shabat" (Sabbath Day). Furthermore, the vast majority of Western calendars and the standard calendar in the Windows operating system (at least the English version) shows Sunday as the first day of the week. Even if ISO has set a standard, their decision might not have been the best. And, good or bad, it is still too soon for Ritlabs to be imposing that standard in a rigid fashion. Why should this be thrust on TB users like some sort of religious dogma? Perhaps from some absolute perspective, the numbers assigned to the days of the week are largely arbitrary. ISO might just as well have declared Wednesday as the first day of the week. After all, these are just communication symbols. But why use symbols that are likely to confuse? Why use symbols that impose unnecessary definitions? Why use symbols that are likely to offend the religious or cultural sensibilities of others? Why not retain - or at least allow the retention of - the rich context of an historical and cultural legacy? -- Avi Yashar Windows XP Pro SP2 and The Bat! Pro 3.0.2.5 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.7 Rush | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
