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Because that's how 99% of calendars in the US order the days. It's not a choice, it's convention.

by Zikes 11y ago

Daneel_ 11y ago
I've seen calendars use this format, but why? To me it would seem not to line up with how we treat our weeks? We talk about the work week as a contiguous block, and the weekend the same way, so why split one of those blocks over two rows?
- Zikes 11y ago
  If it were any other format other than what you were accustomed to, you'd still be asking the same question. It's just a common convention, it doesn't need to have any deeper meaning.
  - bajsejohannes 11y ago
    I think Daneel_'s point still holds true. Even though the convention in the US is that weeks start on Sunday, in natural language you can hear that people's mental model differ. For example - "weekend" (that's "week end") includes both Saturday and Sunday - "beginning of next week" means Monday/Tuesday - "next week" in general seems to start on the Monday So to me, the convention in the US seems to be more about how calendars are displayed than how we think about the week. Our two models disagree, so it's reasonable to ask why.
    - Retric 11y ago
      You can sleep in on Sunday, but you need to go to sleep at a reasonable hour which IMO suggests your preparing for the week aka starting it. On the other hand Friday night through Saturday night is party time.
Kiro 11y ago
It's what you use in the US which you seem to think is some kind of standard. The rest of the world follows ISO 8601 where Monday is the first day.
- mikestew 11y ago
  It's what you use in the US which you seem to think is some kind of standard. No, the commenter seems to think it's some kind of convention, as he clearly stated. The original question was, "but why do some people think the week starts on a Sunday?", and the answer given explains why "some people" (i. e., those in the U. S.) might think of Sunday as the first day of the week. Move along, no U.S.-centric conspiracies to be found here.

Because that's how 99% of calendars in the US order the days. It's not a choice, it's convention.

by Zikes 11y ago

Because that's how 99% of calendars in the US order the days. It's not a choice, it's convention.

I've seen calendars use this format, but why? To me it would seem not to line up with how we treat our weeks? We talk about the work week as a contiguous block, and the weekend the same way, so why split one of those blocks over two rows?

Zikes 11y ago
If it were any other format other than what you were accustomed to, you'd still be asking the same question. It's just a common convention, it doesn't need to have any deeper meaning.
- bajsejohannes 11y ago
  I think Daneel_'s point still holds true. Even though the convention in the US is that weeks start on Sunday, in natural language you can hear that people's mental model differ. For example - "weekend" (that's "week end") includes both Saturday and Sunday - "beginning of next week" means Monday/Tuesday - "next week" in general seems to start on the Monday So to me, the convention in the US seems to be more about how calendars are displayed than how we think about the week. Our two models disagree, so it's reasonable to ask why.
  - Retric 11y ago
    You can sleep in on Sunday, but you need to go to sleep at a reasonable hour which IMO suggests your preparing for the week aka starting it. On the other hand Friday night through Saturday night is party time.

Kiro 11y ago

It's what you use in the US which you seem to think is some kind of standard. The rest of the world follows ISO 8601 where Monday is the first day.

mikestew 11y ago
It's what you use in the US which you seem to think is some kind of standard. No, the commenter seems to think it's some kind of convention, as he clearly stated. The original question was, "but why do some people think the week starts on a Sunday?", and the answer given explains why "some people" (i. e., those in the U. S.) might think of Sunday as the first day of the week. Move along, no U.S.-centric conspiracies to be found here.