norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2006/01/26/weekstarthttp://norman.walsh.name/2006/01/26/weekstart/comments.atom2012-05-23T10:57:55.214999ZComment 1 on /2006/01/26/weekstarthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012006-01-26T16:38:04Z2006-01-26T16:38:04ZClaireda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Bizarre -- it had never occurred to me that when the week started would vary from country to country, let alone that it would be included (hard-coded!) in the locale files.

Personally, I like the idea of the (work) week starting on a Monday, and set electronic calendars I'm using to start on Monday. That way I get Saturday and Sunday together, and they seem like a wonderfully luxurious work-free (ha!) time.

In the past, I've worked weekends and had Monday and Tuesday off, so being able to set calendars to reflect that would also have been good.

Locale issues seem to be on people's minds lately -- there have been various comments on Debian-related weblogs (via Planet Debian).

Comment 2 on /2006/01/26/weekstarthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022006-01-26T17:13:34Z2006-01-26T17:13:34ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Arranging one's calendar to start on Monday (or even Saturday) appeals to me from a strictly logical point of view. But thirty-some-odd years of looking at calendars that begin on Sunday would make switching a real challenge. Especially when you consider that almost every other calendar I see in the United States is going to start on Sunday.

Comment 3 on /2006/01/26/weekstarthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00032006-01-26T19:07:14Z2006-01-26T19:07:14ZJohn Cowanda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Weeks that start on Monday are an ISO standard.

Comment 4 on /2006/01/26/weekstarthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00042006-01-26T20:43:42Z2006-01-26T20:43:42ZDanny Wahlquistda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

The CLDR defines the first day of week for an amazing number of locales.

See http://www.unicode.org/cldr/.

Comment 5 on /2006/01/26/weekstarthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00052006-01-27T06:24:09Z2006-01-27T06:24:09ZMatej Ceplda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

And what about

$ reportbug locales

Is there reportbug in Ubuntu?

Matej

Comment 6 on /2006/01/26/weekstarthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00062006-01-30T21:24:10Z2006-01-30T21:24:10ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I have reported the bug. Thanks for the nudge :-)

Comment 7 on /2006/01/26/weekstarthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00072006-02-17T17:40:56Z2006-02-17T17:40:56ZDan Connollyda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Thanks for reporting the bug; I'd like to track the status of it, but I can't find it. Did you report it to gnome or debian or ubuntu? I don't see you among people registered with launchpad named walsh.

Comment 8 on /2006/01/26/weekstarthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00082006-02-17T20:36:44Z2006-02-17T20:36:44ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I ran report-bug on my Ubuntu box. But a quick scan of my mail archives does not provide confirmation that it was ever received. At least, I didn't get the automated reply I would have expected.

Sigh. Time for another try, I guess.

Comment 9 on /2006/01/26/weekstarthttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00092006-02-17T20:42:15Z2006-02-17T20:42:15ZNorman Walshda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

There: Bug 31814.