I only have a problem with calendars that start with Sunday. Is there any other country other than Israel, US and England that use this same calendar format? I saw it first time when I got to US.
Predrag -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ma Be Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 10:14 AM To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:28104] Re: Calendar, date and time On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:28:39 Predrag Lezaic wrote: >Let me throw another twist on the Sunday issue chat :) If Sunday is first >day of the week why is "Week-END" called weekend instead of the >week-beginning? :) In other words, if it is weekend why doesn't it end with >the end of the week which is according to US calendars Saturday? >... Predrag, please don't forget that weeks are *cycles*! They start all over again, it is as if one is riding on a circle. Therefore, obviously, since Sunday *follows* the Sabbath day (even though it's still the first day of the week), it should be no surprise that we call Sabbath(Saturday)-Sunday week-END, wouldn't it?... ;-) Marcus ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus
