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Not according to: https://unicode-org.github.io/cldr-staging/charts/38/supplemental/territory_information.html https://unicode-org.github.io/cldr-staging/chart

Not according to: https://unicode-org.github.io/cldr-staging/charts/38/supplemental/territory_information.html https://unicode-org.github.io/cldr-staging/charts/38/supplem... Note that common usage and the official definition may well differ. Most Americans probably consider Monday the "first day of the week" as it is the first day in a standard work week. But officially, Sunday is the first day of the week.

rswail 6y ago
Which is weird, because "god rested on the seventh day" and the Christian religion believes that to be Sunday, so it is the last day of the week. Why does the US think that the week starts on Sunday?
- InfiniteRand 6y ago
  No, the 7th day from Genesis is Saturday, and Saturday was the proper day for the Sabbath before Jesus. Sunday became the holy day of rest in recognition of Jesus's resurrection on Easter. That's at least the standard Christian interpretation that I've heard. I've read some historians state that Christians started using Sunday as their Sabbath day in order to distinguish themselves more sharply from the Jews. There are some Christian denominations which use Saturday as their Sabbath day, such as Seventh-day Adventist Church, so using Saturday as the holy day is a minority practice among Christians but it's a significant minority.