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From: griesel@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU (Curtis W. Griesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.atari.st,sci.astro
Subject: Re: Calendar Layout Around the World
Message-ID: <16554@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU>
Date: 25 Oct 89 16:22:34 GMT
References: <9953@cadnetix.COM> <716@Aragorn.dde.dk>
Reply-To: griesel@umn-cs.cs.umn.edu (Curtis W. Griesel)
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In article <716@Aragorn.dde.dk> ct@dde.dk (Claus Tondering) writes:
>terrell@cadnetix.COM writes:

>I have another question, about calendars:  which day should be in the
>leftmost column?  Is Sunday always in the leftmost column everywhere?  Is
>Sunday always in the leftmost column in the USA?  If the answer is no -
>which other day(s) should be in the leftmost column:  Monday? Just
>Monday?

There may be international standards around, but if you want your software
to be _culturally_ acceptable, you'll find a lot of variability.  
Generally, Europe puts Monday first, U.S. puts Sunday first, the 
Middle East put Saturday first.  There are probably other variations; I
would imagine that Asian cultures would have a different outlook on things.

Monday is first; in the U.S., its us

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Curtis W. Griesel
EQUAL Project (EQuipment for Universal Access to Learning), U of Minnesota
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