@AzureCerulean @rainynight65 @CyberneticForests for religious use, yes. In everyday use, not anymore in most of the countries that use it.
ISO 8601 is not a calendar, it is a standard of exchange and communication of date and time-related data.
@Ash_Crow @rainynight65 @CyberneticForests
Read what I said again, "The ISO /calendar week/ starts on Monday."
I did NOT say ISO CALENDAR to be clear.
"The standard provides a well-defined, unambiguous method of representing calendar dates"
@AzureCerulean @Ash_Crow @rainynight65 @CyberneticForests and the standard should be used instead of religious hokuspokus
@CyberPunker @Ash_Crow @rainynight65 @CyberneticForests
Again, that is NOT the question.
Please educate yourself on what an Opinion and a Fact are. I am stating Facts, not a view or opinion.
“Should” is an Opinion.
As it has been noted prior by others, the ISO Standard is Not a Calendar, it's a way of addressing and communication information.
@AzureCerulean @rainynight65 @CyberneticForests (and specifically, it is a standard for formatting dates *of* the Gregorian calendar. Opposing them makes no sense.)
@Ash_Crow @rainynight65 @CyberneticForests
For or against('opposing') are for opinions, of which I am not speaking too. I am stating facts. The Gregorian Calendar's week (which much of the world still relies) starts on Sunday(Domingo), "The First Day'/'The Lord's Day', ending the week on Saturday(Sabado), 'The Sabbath Day'.
This goes back to Babylonian and even likely prior to the Sumerian method of Date and time keeping.
@AzureCerulean @Ash_Crow @CyberneticForests frankly, religious motivations for determining start and end of week are outdated, obsolete, and no longer have a basis in reality. Just because "it's been like that for a long time", doesn't mean it can't or shouldn't change. And clearly, many countries even with strong religious populations use a calendar format where the week starts on Monday.
@rainynight65 @Ash_Crow @CyberneticForests
I never said that it should or should not be one way or the other. As I have already stated..as a point of FACT, the calendar that is generally used around the world is based on the Gregorian Calendar, whose week begins on Sunday. Which was the Original Question.. Not whether we agreed or thought it should be different.. But Which day IS IT!? And As I have now cited, MULTIPLE articles and backed it with other supporting facts.. it is The 1st day.
@AzureCerulean @rainynight65 @CyberneticForests but you are wrong. The actual fact is that most countries in the world use the Gregorian calendar, whose week starts on Sunday for liturgical use (nobody is questioning that, it's just out of topic), and on Monday, Sunday or Saturday for everyday use, depending on country (and in that order or frequency)
@AzureCerulean @Ash_Crow @CyberneticForests you haven't provided one single citation in any of your replies.