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Subject:    Re: [Kde-pim]  Making date navigator in KOrganizer obey the week
From:       Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher () kde ! org>
Date:       2003-09-09 12:45:23
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On Tuesday 09 September 2003 13:51, David Jarvie wrote:
> On Monday 08 Sep 2003 6:57 pm, Reinhold Kainhofer wrote:
> > Tightly connected to this problem is the problem of the work week.
> > Currently, the work week always is Monday-Friday, even if the calendar
> > system says friday is the day of prayer. How should this be changed to
> > work with all calendar systems?
> >
> > As I only know our Gregorian calendar system, I'm somehow unsure how it
> > should work in general. If you know other calendar systems, please tell
> > me how other systems work with respect of week start day and usual work
> > week, and tell me how the day matrix needs to be changed to be correct
> > for other cultures, too.
>
> Some Moslem countries (which all have a prayer day of Friday) have a
> working week of Saturday - Wednesday. I believe that others may have a
> working week of Sunday - Thursday, at least in some sectors of the economy
> such as banks. So the working week probably depends on Locale rather than
> prayer day.

I think the only real solution is to make the working week individually 
configurable.

-- 
Cornelius Schumacher <schumacher@kde.org>

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