[ILUG] the first day of the week?

[Pádraig Brady]

Robert Fitzsimons wrote:
> I did a bit of research on the topic and the earliest legal definition
> of the week in Ireland I could find, is in the Interpretation Act 1937
> [1], with a more recent update in the Interpretation Act 2005 [2].
> 
> Prior to these acts, many pieces of UK legislation still applied to
> Ireland, in this case the Interpretation Act 1889 (though I can find no
> online version), this is likely the source of the difference between
> Ireland and the UK.
> 
> Robert
> 
> 1.  http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1937/en/act/pub/0038/gen_6.html#sch1_p67
> '
> Week.
> 34.—The word "week", when used without qualification, means the period
> between midnight on any Saturday and midnight on the next following
> Saturday.
> '
> 
> 2.  http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2005/en/act/pub/0023/sched.html
> '
> “week” means the period between midnight on any Saturday and midnight on
> the following Saturday;

Wow, thanks Robert!

So Irish calendars should be "s m t w t f s"
while UK calendars should be "m t w t f s s"

I have to admit I prefer the later.

cheers,
Pádraig.