Sundays

[Alexis Dimitriadis]

> > For several hundred years sunday has been the first day of the
> >week. Look at any calandar[sic].
> >
>  For several thousand years Sunday has been the last day of the
> week.  Look at any bible.

  This is rapidly getting irrelevant, but remember, the seventh day is
the _Sabbath_.  ISO apparently invented the convention.  Also, at least
one language (Greek) names several days of the week with their ordinal
number.  Monday -> Second.  Too bad ISO didn't stick to the historical
order.

Alexis Dimitriadis
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