Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/13/06 12:11

Kimmo Laine wrote:
> "Rik" <luiheidsgoeroe@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:5fa05$44b60d4d$8259c54a$16174@news2.tudelft.nl...
>
>>Robin wrote:
>>
>>>griemer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi every one,
>>>>
>>>>Is there a way to calculate the timestamp of 00:00:00 last Sunday.
>>>>For me, this is the begin of the current week..
>>>>Or, how old is this week, in seconds
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>
>>>>fré
>>>>
>>>
>>>But the week starts 00:00:00 on Monday, or that dependant on locale?
>>
>>Ha, so it's not only a discussion in the Netherlands :-).
>>
>>As far as I know, sunday has always been the first day of the week.
>
>
> Maybe in Netherlands. Then there are those who concider Monday the first day
> of the week, like us Finnish people or the ISO 8601 standard. There's no
> point in arguing which is right, let's just agree to disagree and let
> everyone have their own way of counting days. Pounds, miles, kilograms and
> meters, whatever.
>

Yep, I guess it depends on where you are. For instance, here in the
U.S., calendars display Sunday through Saturday. Everyone considers
Sunday to be the first day of the week. Monday is generally considered
the first day of the work week.

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