What is the beginning of a week? Sunday, or Monday?
What is the beginning of a week? Sunday, or Monday?
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The International Organization for Standardization, in ISO 8601, defines the week as being Monday to Sunday. The British Standards Institution agrees, as do European Standards. The ISO year starts at the first day (Monday) of week 01 and ends at the Sunday before the new ISO year (hence without overlap or gap). It consists of 52 or 53 full weeks. Many British calendars and diaries use Monday as the start of the week; but some still use Sunday.
The US system has weeks from Sunday through Saturday, and partial weeks at the beginning and the end of the year. An advantage is that no separate year numbering like the ISO year is needed, while correspondence of lexicographical order and chronological order is preserved.
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Sunday
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Monday
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Sunday. It is one of the end days of the week. It is a misnomer to say that Sunday is the last day of the week because it is part of the “Weekend”. Sunday and Saturday are the week ends.
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Since Sunday is part of the WEEKEND, I’d go with Monday, despite the arrangement of the calendar.
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being a Christian, I think that the week starts on Monday, as Sunday is the last day and the day of rest. you cant really rest on the first day of the week….. but I do know that most calenders and most people think it starts on Monday.
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Sunday on most calendars in America
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On Yahoo Answers, it’s currently Monday at 0800 UTC. That’s when your ‘Points this week’ score is reset to 0, and you get your ‘Thanks for visiting’ point (if online at the time). Oddly, voting allowances for the day are reset an hour earlier.
The week begins when people want it to. Some adhere to the ‘standards’; others don’t.
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Sunday….
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Calender week, at least in America: Sunday
Workweek: Monday
In Hebrew, the days of the week are actually numbered, beginning with Sunday.
Sunday= “first day” (yom rishon)
Monday= “second day” (yom sheni)
etc. until Saturday= “sabbath day” (yom shabat)
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