Comment on Or we could do metric time

Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Iirc most countries consider Monday the beginning of the week and Sunday the end of the week, hence the term “weekend”

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    TIL, in the UK we seem to see Sunday as the first day of the week, but under ISO it’s monday. Interesting.

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    • JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Looks like the answer%20and%20North%20Africa) has to do with the predominant religion in the area (if any)

      Most of Europe and China consider Monday the first day of the (work) week, while North America, Israel, South Asia, and many Catholic and Protestant countries, consider Sunday the first day of the week, while Saturday is judged as the first day of the week in much of the Middle East (Israel excepted) and North Africa due to the Islamic influence.

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Monday is the first day of the work week. Seems to be on whether or not you centre your life around work or God 🤣

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    • watersnipje@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If Sunday is the first day of the week, then which days do you call weekend?

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      • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Saturday and su-… Okay you win 🤣

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• heleos@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I used to think the same, even made fun of friends and family for setting calendars to start on Monday, but then I tried it and found the light

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  • Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What’s so important about a visual change 🤣

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    • heleos@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I like having the weekend lumped together, it’s called a weekend for a reason!

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