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I had some fun ones a couple of years ago on this theme: * Every week has a weekend * Weekends are always Saturday and Sunday * Weekend days never change wit
by MatthewWilkes 10y ago
I had some fun ones a couple of years ago on this theme:
* Every week has a weekend
* Weekends are always Saturday and Sunday
* Weekend days never change within a locale
* Weekend days are always on consecutive days
- emddudley 10y agoAre you talking about historical dates and calendars, or maybe different cultural calendars? Could you provide some examples? In the US today I don't think these four falsehoods are ever false.
- falcolas 10y agoI imagine the concept of weekends, as related to most computing, has to do with a work schedule. Back when I used to work the night shift on non-standard days, doing any kind of scheduling with an electronic device was a real pain. Even today many scheduling tools don't cope well with overnight meetings.
- seren 10y agoNotably, Muslim countries often have a the Friday off, so sometimes the week-end is Friday/Saturday, in other countries it is Thursday/Friday. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workweek_and_weekend#Muslim_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workweek_and_weekend#Muslim_co... Another example from the same Wikipedia page : > Brunei Darussalam has a non-contiguous working week, consisting of Monday to Thursday plus Saturday. The days of rest are Friday and Sunday.
- wtbob 10y agoAnd then there's: * Weeks always start on Sunday vs. * Weeks always start on Monday
- MatthewWilkes 10y agoYep, that's the context we had. An EMEA app that had a 20 day calendar, had to handle different weekend dates, different start of week days and different text directionality.