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WCDT: 2455-2459 (27-31 May, 2013) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread
Sidhekin:
If a week starts with day 0 and ends on day 6, I assume it's Sunday to Saturday, AKA a "traditional" week.
If a week starts with day 1 and ends on day 7, I assume it's Monday to Sunday, AKA a "standard" week (ISO, even).
Either way, 1 through 6 are Monday through Saturday, and both 0 and 7 are unambiguously Sunday. :)
January as month 0 is a whole lot older than Java, and it makes a certain measure of sense. Actually, it makes great sense, old-style low-level programming wise. But these days, most programmers never need touch the low-level stuff, and should instead use proper high-level packages that present an interface more accessible to humans. (Where propriety and accessibility dictate January is the 1st month. Anybody tell you differently, they're stuck-in-the-past programmers. Or trolling.)
Loki:
--- Quote from: Sidhekin on 25 May 2013, 23:53 ---If a week starts with day 0 and ends on day 6, I assume it's Sunday to Saturday, AKA a "traditional" week.
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It embarrasses me to say that, but I only just now understood why Sunday would be the first day. I blame my lack of Christian education and the fact that the country I grew up in uses the ISO standard.
Method of Madness:
Except Christianity has Sunday as day 7.
Akima:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 25 May 2013, 19:31 ---Field mice run from big and noisy.
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Like this!
Sidhekin:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 26 May 2013, 00:41 ---Except Christianity has Sunday as day 7.
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Not universally. The Sabbath is the seventh day (day 6 to old-style low-level programmers), and it's (usually?) recognized as Saturday.
Sunday is the Holy Day, though, but I think that is in reference to the Resurrection. And why not? It's the defining moment of Christianity. Can't have any other day steal the limelight. 8-)
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