t020 Â Â 11 #1 Posted November 14, 2003 Vote NOW! I think that the start of the week is Monday, because: - It's the start of the (traditional) working week. - Sunday is part of the weekEND, keyword: END - From a biblical point of view (not one that I'm particularly fond of I hasten to add), Sunday was the day of rest, i.e. AFTER 'God created' the Earth. Â Yet, many people, calendars, diaries, etc, regard Sunday as the start of the week. I'm not sure what the arguments for this are. Any of you that believe the week starts on Sunday could add some arguments to this. Â PS. Trivial, I know, but who cares? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Lickszz   10 #2 Posted November 15, 2003 I'll go along with Monday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
*Twinkle* Â Â 10 #3 Posted November 15, 2003 I'm usually so busy that my week never ends lol! Monday seems more appropriate though Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rlloyd   10 #4 Posted November 15, 2003 Originally posted by t020 Yet, many people, calendars, diaries, etc, regard Sunday as the start of the week. I'm not sure what the arguments for this are. Any of you that believe the week starts on Sunday could add some arguments to this.  The interesting thing is, calendars, diaries etc.. from Europe often start the week on a Sunday, but North American calendars, diaries start the week on a Monday.  To add even more confusion to the matter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Moonolt   10 #5 Posted November 15, 2003 It's a Monday.  And for me, it finishes early on Thursday afternoons !... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Sidla   10 #6 Posted November 15, 2003 Originally posted by t020 - From a biblical point of view (not one that I'm particularly fond of I hasten to add), Sunday was the day of rest, i.e. AFTER 'God created' the Earth. From a biblical point of view that is correct, however the sabbath day was a saturday many moons ago. However I'm not one to dwell in the past, so I agree that Monday is the start of the week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
max   13 #7 Posted November 15, 2003 From a Unix perspective Sunday doesn't exist it having the value 0 in the cron. Monday's 1 so I'll go along with that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Sidla   10 #8 Posted November 15, 2003 You forget that 0 is still a value. If it didn't exist it would have to be null. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
max   13 #9 Posted November 15, 2003 Originally posted by Sidla You forget that 0 is still a value. If it didn't exist it would have to be null. Not strictly true. It's a virtual value and didn't exist until sometime in the early centuries after the death of Christ when it was invented by an Indian. I stand to be corrected on this but 0 is not a value but a concept or rather a lack of value.  Also, in earlier versions of Cobol , null and zero were the same and thus it proved difficult to search for numerical fields which contained 0. To detect this it was necessary for fields which were liekly to hold 0 to be stored as character strings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Carlwarker   10 #10 Posted November 15, 2003 Originally posted by max From a Unix perspective Sunday doesn't exist it having the value 0 in the cron. Monday's 1 so I'll go along with that.  What has Unix (which, itself, didn’t exist until 1969) to do with the first day of the week? Up until sometime during the late last century, Sunday was the first day of the week, being as the Jews regarded Saturday as the seventh day. From a relatively ‘modern’ point of view, Sunday has been the ‘day of rest’, so if we are talking about a ‘working week’, then Monday would be considered the first day. I agree with Sidla.  Of course zero (0) has a value, being the first of the set of Whole Numbers, or, the central digit of the set of Integers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Carlwarker   10 #11 Posted November 15, 2003 I just used Db's 'Google Fight' - and the winner was Monday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
rlloyd   10 #12 Posted November 15, 2003 Originally posted by Carlwarker I just used Db's 'Google Fight' - and the winner was Monday.  'Google Fight' is becoming a very useful tool. No longer will debates rage on, witout any result.  Marriages will be saved, as heated arguments will end in.. 'Okay, let's let Google Fight about it.. Sorted!'. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...