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Don't all calendars start on Monday? I guess calendars in the Middle East might be different as their weekend days are different to those in Europe.
Nope. Portuguese starts with Sunday. Can't be changed since Monday = segunda which literally means second.
I think because the work week feels like the start of the week, especially when people refer to Saturday and Sunday as the weekend, it is assumed that Monday is the first day of the week. Open the calendar on your phone. It's Sunday. Can't speak for all cultures but it's been that way in the US, "forever."
It's not, it's Monday - Monday is the first day of the week here, to be honest I thought that was the same across the western world. TIL I guess!
Really? Well I guess I learned too. Mine is absolutely Sunday. Wonder if it's a setting. I'm on Android (Zenfone 10)in the US. You?
It'll just be part of the culture settings - en-GB (I'm in the UK) systems will have the calendars set the first day of the week as Monday.