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Re:Time to Dump Time Zones by Asooka on Monday November 07, 2016 @03:50AM (#12889702)
Having Sunday as the first day would mess up our week, because we call Tuesday, Thursday and Friday second, fourth and fifth respectively. If you really want 1st each month to be first day of week, either America will have to adopt Monday as first, or vary the day of week by region.
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Re:Time to Dump Time Zones by filmor on Monday November 07, 2016 @04:25AM (#12889815)
Wednesday is called "Mittwoch" in German, which is a shortened form of "middle of the week". Only works if Sunday is the first day of the week, though the common convention is also having the week start on Monday. Confused me quite a bit as a child :)
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Re:Time to Dump Time Zones by usrusr on Monday November 07, 2016 @04:40AM (#12889870)
Middle of the working days part of the week, no need to go all American and make half of the weekend the beginning!
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Re:Time to Dump Time Zones by galfarragem on Monday November 07, 2016 @05:23AM (#12890024)
The same in Portuguese: Monday = Segunda (Second); Tuesday = Terça (Third) and successively till Friday = Sexta (Sixth).
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