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Or we could do metric time (files.catbox.moe)

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[–] [email protected] -4 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Wouldn't it make sense to have the 1st be a Sunday and 28th be a Saturday?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Iirc most countries consider Monday the beginning of the week and Sunday the end of the week, hence the term "weekend"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

TIL, in the UK we seem to see Sunday as the first day of the week, but under ISO it's monday. Interesting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Looks like the answer has to do with the predominant religion in the area (if any)

Most of Europe and China consider Monday the first day of the (work) week, while North America, Israel, South Asia, and many Catholic and Protestant countries, consider Sunday the first day of the week, while Saturday is judged as the first day of the week in much of the Middle East (Israel excepted) and North Africa due to the Islamic influence.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Monday is the first day of the work week. Seems to be on whether or not you centre your life around work or God 🤣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Duality of man

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

If Sunday is the first day of the week, then which days do you call weekend?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Saturday and su-... Okay you win 🤣

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I used to think the same, even made fun of friends and family for setting calendars to start on Monday, but then I tried it and found the light

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What's so important about a visual change 🤣

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I like having the weekend lumped together, it's called a weekend for a reason!