Why do some calendars start the week on the Monday and others on the Sunday?
Thank you
2007-08-05 22:21:50 · 5 answers · asked by davie 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
I don't know why the first couple of answers were so strange. I think you have a good question there. Personally I would say that it is probably the difference between when your work week starts and the Religious aspect of the Sunday. I'm purely guessing here but maybe the Monday work week schedule was brought in later so that it is easier to see your work plans on a calendar. Before that maybe they used the Sunday as the start of the week to symbolise going to church and the new week ahead.
2007-08-05 22:42:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the world has Sunday as the first day of the week, but the Spanish speaking world has Monday as the first day of the week. Calendar companies have tried to accommodate this area.
2007-08-06 05:39:15 · answer #2 · answered by kepjr100 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very simple - the Judaic tradition (also the Christian) is that the week ends on Saturday and begins on Sunday. However the International Standard for time (ISO8601) is geared towards work and begins the week on the Monday being the day after all religious rests (Islam begins its week on the saturday)
2007-08-06 05:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by morwood_leyland 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
am i bothered, its probably to do with palm trees n dates.
2007-08-06 05:33:15 · answer #4 · answered by HaSiCiT Bust A Tie A1 TieBusters 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what came first the chicken or the egg? who cares?
2007-08-06 05:25:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋