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Re: [PATCH] Fix first_weekday/first_workday for EU locales
On Mon, Jun 04, 2012 at 06:40:30PM +0100, Pedro Alves wrote:
> Yes, Sunday is considered the first day of the week in
> Portugal, with Monday being the first work day of the week.
..snip..
> The latter means that nobody is really shocked with
> saying Monday is the first day of the week, as that's how most people
> actually think in practice. I don't recall ever thinking on a
> Saturday night something along the lines of "bummer, another week starts
> tomorrow". :-)
Thanks for the info! Right, but is this how people actually think e.g.
in the US? The situation should be the same there.
I have a little bit of trouble assessing this since I have no
experience of living in a country where Monday might not be considered
the first day of the week, so it's not easy to imagine for me...
Petr "Pasky" Baudis