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- From: xmas@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Mark A. Stevens)
- Subject: Re: calendar starting on monday?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug20.153706.24752@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu>
- Keywords: calendar,microsoft,ms-windows,sunday,monday
- Organization: Educational Computing Network
- References: <1992Aug20.140949.6631@jet.uk>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1992 15:37:06 GMT
- Lines: 25
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- In article <1992Aug20.140949.6631@jet.uk> jpj@jet.uk (Jean-Paul V Jeral) writes:
- >The OSI standard specifies that a week starts monday,
- >i.e monday is defined as the first day of the week,
- >sunday the 7th (there is no zeroth).
-
- Whoever said, the USA follows international standards? ;-)
-
- >So why is Microsoft so obstinate in starting its
- >'calendar' Window program on Sundays? I thought that would
- >be corrected in 3.1 but nothing has changed (I mean this
- >should be an option). I otherwise find the program useful.
-
- See above, since MS in the USA.
-
- >Has someone figured out how to (binary path?) set it for
- >starting on mondays or has a special version?
-
- Look at the shareware program Almanac 3.0. It can be found on
- ftp.cica.indiana.edu. It allows you to choose the beginning day of the
- week and lots of other niceties, too.
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