I did not realize that there were different conventions about this until I got my first Palm Pilot and had to choose. When we use shorthand for a date in the US we put the month first. In most of Europe, they use the date first. It can be a source of confusion. In some cultures they use a comma for a decimal and we use it to separate every three orders of magnitude. I guess software that is meant for worldwide release just has to be individualized with regards to these kind of things.
And, duckduck is right that Saturday was the 7th day in the old testement. That is why it remains the Sabbath for Jewish people.
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I was there to see beautiful naked women. So was everybody else. It's a common failing.
Robert A Heinlein in "They Do It With Mirrors"
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