Re: system weekdayNames

2015-04-20 Thread Bob Sneidar
>> wrote: The system weekdayNames returns a list of day names in the user's local language but is the order of the day names influenced by the calendar conventions of the user's location? In other words, if I'm in the USA, the first name in the list is Sunday. If I was i

Re: system weekdayNames

2015-04-01 Thread Peter Haworth
> > >> I get "Sonntag Montag Dienstag Mittwoch Donnerstag Freitag Samstag" > >> using LC 6.7.3 on OS 10.7.5 with week starting on Monday. > >> > >> Thomas > >> > >> Am 01.04.2015 um 03:15 schrieb Peter Haworth: > >> > >

Re: system weekdayNames

2015-04-01 Thread Antti Ilola
g Montag Dienstag Mittwoch Donnerstag Freitag Samstag" >> using LC 6.7.3 on OS 10.7.5 with week starting on Monday. >> >> Thomas >> >> Am 01.04.2015 um 03:15 schrieb Peter Haworth: >> >> > The system weekdayNames returns a list of day names in the us

Re: system weekdayNames

2015-04-01 Thread Antti Ilola
gt; > Thomas > > Am 01.04.2015 um 03:15 schrieb Peter Haworth: > > > The system weekdayNames returns a list of day names in the user's local > > language but is the order of the day names influenced by the calendar > > conventions of the user's location? > > >

Re: system weekdayNames

2015-03-31 Thread Thomas von Fintel
I get "Sonntag Montag Dienstag Mittwoch Donnerstag Freitag Samstag" using LC 6.7.3 on OS 10.7.5 with week starting on Monday. Thomas Am 01.04.2015 um 03:15 schrieb Peter Haworth: > The system weekdayNames returns a list of day names in the user's local > language but is

system weekdayNames

2015-03-31 Thread Peter Haworth
The system weekdayNames returns a list of day names in the user's local language but is the order of the day names influenced by the calendar conventions of the user's location? In other words, if I'm in the USA, the first name in the list is Sunday. If I was in a country where th

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-18 Thread Bob Sneidar
I vote no, since anybody can code this with a little imagination. Instead, I vote for a way to query the system for date/time data that is meaningful. Bob On Apr 17, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: > Hi from Beautiful Brittany, > > Klaus, > > This won't help you at all, but it

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-17 Thread René Micout
Very good !! Très intéressant !! Rene(é) Le 17 avr. 2011 à 18:17, Francis Nugent Dixon a écrit : > Hi from Beautiful Brittany, > > Klaus, > > This won't help you at all, but it will explain why > Sunday is considered as the first day of the week, > > http://www.cjvlang.com/Dow/SunMon.html > >

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-17 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, Klaus, This won't help you at all, but it will explain why Sunday is considered as the first day of the week, http://www.cjvlang.com/Dow/SunMon.html although there appears to be a recent swing to Monday instead of Sunday. Because Monday is now the official choice (

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread Bob Sneidar
Along the same lines, I am working on my second million dollars, because I have heard that the first million is the hardest. Bob On Apr 15, 2011, at 1:44 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 4/15/11 11:41 AM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: >> I agree that the order should not change based on system sett

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread Pete
I think that idea should be extended. Let's just not have a Monday and have a Sunday that lasts 48 hours. We should also do away with Fridays because project deadlines are always on a Friday so we could have a 48 hour Saturday instead. That would give us a 4-day weekend and a three day work week

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread Jerry J
No wonder you're always ahead of everybody else! On Apr 15, 2011, at 1:44 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 4/15/11 11:41 AM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: >> I agree that the order should not change based on system settings. BU >> tmaybe a property "weekdaystart" that contains monday, or sunday, >> or.

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread J. Landman Gay
On 4/15/11 11:41 AM, Björnke von Gierke wrote: I agree that the order should not change based on system settings. BU tmaybe a property "weekdaystart" that contains monday, or sunday, or... are there even any other weekstart systems? In my house we always start the week on Tuesday, because Monda

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread Pete
I wish I knew! For the Mac, if there are any Applescripters out there, they may know how to get the user preferences. I guess you could implement a user preference within your application. Pete Molly's Revenge On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 9:11 AM, Klaus on-rev wrot

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread Björnke von Gierke
I agree that the order should not change based on system settings. BU tmaybe a property "weekdaystart" that contains monday, or sunday, or... are there even any other weekstart systems? On 15 Apr 2011, at 18:11, Klaus on-rev wrote: > Hi Pete, > >> Not sure about other platforms but the Mac le

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Pete, > Not sure about other platforms but the Mac lets you set the first day of the > week in user preferences so I guess the most flexible thing to do would be > to get hold of that setting and use it as a reference point. any hint how I can "get hold of that setting"? ;-) I'd need this cros

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread Pete
011 at 7:48 AM, zryip theSlug wrote: > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Klaus on-rev > wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > when I query "the weekdaynames" I get > > Sunday > > Monday > > Tuesday > > etc. > > > > When I q

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi Malte and zryip, > On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Klaus on-rev wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> when I query "the weekdaynames" I get > ... > > Best regards, > -- > -Zryip TheSlug- wish you the best! 8) thanks guys! -- Klaus Majo

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread zryip theSlug
On Fri, Apr 15, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Klaus on-rev wrote: > Hi all, > > when I query "the weekdaynames" I get > Sunday > Monday > Tuesday > etc. > > When I query "the system weekdaynames" I get > Sonntag (Sunday) > Montag > Dienstag > ... &

Re: weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread Malte Brill
Hey Klaus, if this ever changes most of my apps will break tremendously! > I mean will I ALWAYS get this order, no matter what the current system > language is? Know what I mean? I think it actually has to be this order (look at item -1 of the dateitems, that does not change with the system set

weekdaynames

2011-04-15 Thread Klaus on-rev
Hi all, when I query "the weekdaynames" I get Sunday Monday Tuesday etc. When I query "the system weekdaynames" I get Sonntag (Sunday) Montag Dienstag ... But in germany the first day of week is MONDAY? I am not sure if the function should also return the correct ORDER o