Re: Why is Monday day 0?

From: Rainer Joswig (joswig_at_lispmachine.de)
Date: 05/21/04 

Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 22:38:35 +0200

In article <u7k6z5k00r.fsf_-_@snapdragon.csl.sri.com>,
 Fred Gilham <gilham@snapdragon.csl.sri.com> wrote:

> I am wondering why GET-DECODED-TIME is specified to make Monday the
> first day of the week. This is inconvenient, since most calendars
> have Sunday as the first day of the week.

Not in Europe. Here in Germany for example the week starts
with monday.
>
> Am I missing something? How do people handle this?

By simple arithmetic?

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  • Re: Why is Monday day 0?
    ... Fred Gilham writes: ... This is inconvenient, since most calendars ... and apply normal means of deduction to produce a handle-function:) ...
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  • Re: Why is Monday day 0?
    ... Fred Gilham wrote: ... This is inconvenient, since most calendars ... Calendars in at least europe usually start on monday. ... There are funny american habits and there are ISO standards;-) ...
    (comp.lang.lisp)
  • Re: Why is Monday day 0?
    ... Fred Gilham wrote: ... This is inconvenient, since most calendars ... And God ...
    (comp.lang.lisp)
  • Re: Why is Monday day 0?
    ... Fred Gilham wrote: ... This is inconvenient, since most calendars ... For reason of consistency: Monday is day 0 because Tuesday is day 1. ...
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  • Re: Why is Monday day 0?
    ... On Fri, 21 May 2004 21:06:47 GMT, Kenny Tilton wrote: ... This is inconvenient, since most calendars ... day of observance is entirely a Christian innovation, ...
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