Thread: How do American pocket calendars look?

Recently on my job I had to make a small pocket calendar for an aircraft design bureau. It was intended only for foreigners, so we took a standard calendar layout and wrote months and days only in English. The layout looked like this:

But I knew that at least in the USA people used to have Sunday for the first day of week. I never saw American calendars so I guess that they must look so:

Just wonder, am I right?

Originally Posted by Tu-160

Recently on my job I had to make a small pocket calendar for an aircraft design bureau. It was intended only for foreigners, so we took a standard calendar layout and wrote months and days only in English. The layout looked like this:

But I knew that at least in the USA people used to have Sunday for the first day of week. I never saw American calendars so I guess that they must look so:

Just wonder, am I right?

Not traditional USA format, in my opinion... but yes, you are absolutely correct. In the USA, we show Sunday as the first day of our week on our calendars.

Traditional USA format... the days are listed left-to right at the top... not down the side.

I hope this helps, Tu.

Thanks, useful to know!

(The size of the calendars is 100x70 mm. Popular standard for Russia)

Click Download to get a calendar in Word format:

http://www.calendarsthatwork.com/index. ... lendarForm

Also, our seasons start on the 21st day of the month, not the 1st (ie Winter starts Dec. 21, not Dec. 1). Crazy Russians... :P

Originally Posted by Бармалей

Also, our seasons start on the 21st day of the month, not the 1st (ie Winter starts Dec. 21, not Dec. 1). Crazy Russians... :P

It's not more crazy than in England they have the first floor on the second one.

Originally Posted by Basil77

Originally Posted by Бармалей

Also, our seasons start on the 21st day of the month, not the 1st (ie Winter starts Dec. 21, not Dec. 1). Crazy Russians... :P

It's not more crazy than in England they have the first floor on the second one.

Winter only starts on December 21st? Now that IS crazy.

Разделение года по нашим, западным, датам не так уж бестолковое, как это вам кажется.

В природе, на основе ориентации Солнца относительно Земли, год разделяется по частям, которые более или менее соответствуют нашим, западным, разделениям. Даты эти -- приблизительно 21 апреля, 21 июня, 21 сентября, и 21 декабря и называются quarters четверти (?) года. А также есть так-называемые cross-quarters, даты эти прибл. -- 2 февраля, 2 мая, 2 августа, 2 ноября.

Точные даты на 2006г., с названиями:

Imbolc - Feb 3 (популярно Groundhog Day)
Vernal Equinox - March 20 (Spring Break!)
Beltaine - May 5 (May Day)
Summer Solstice - June 21
Lughnasad - August 7 (Does anybody celebrate this?)
Autumnal Equinox - Sept 22
Samhain - Nov 7 (All Hallow's eve)
Winter Solstice - Dec 21
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http://www.archaeoastronomy.com/2006.shtml
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Главные Четверти - это два солнцестояния и два равноденствия. Остальные -- cross-quarters.

Несмотря на то, что такое разделение года основано на старинных языческих расчётах, оно по сей день живо, хоть бы среди узкого круга людей.

21 апреля, 21 июня, 21 сентября, и 21 декабря -- это начала астрономических сезонов.
Суббота изначально считалась последним днём в еврейском календаре -- когда Бог уже всё создал и отдыхал. В некоторых языках воскресенье - первый день и т. д. Для христиан же главнее воскресенье, когда воскрес Иисус Христос. В русском, например, сами названия говорят о том, что понедельник -- первый, вторник -- второй и т. д. В современном Китае, который заимствовал западный календарь, понедельник называется буквально "первый день" и т. д.
Воскресенье было единственным выходным днем в европейских странах, когда только-только начинали как-то организовывать рабочих на заводах. Но тогда вообще развлекаться считалось зазорным, нужно было ходить в церковь и вести благопристойную жизнь в кругу семьи. А с понедельника опять начиналась работа с утра до вечера.

А вот интересно, если в английском суббота-воскресенье называется "week-end", то почему воскресенье иногда считается началом недели?

Originally Posted by Propp

А вот интересно, если в английском суббота-воскресенье называется "week-end", то почему воскресенье иногда считается началом недели?

Simple. In England, Monday is the first day of the week, and the concept of the two day weekend entered the language from there.

Besides which, I would totally dispute that Sunday is still considered the first day of the week by anyone but those clinging to what they were taught decades ago in Sunday school, even in those countries who still officially class Sunday as the first day, such as the US. For all practical purposes, I reckon the vast majority of people consider Monday to be the first day of the week. Business, schools, government, et al, all count weeks as Monday to Sunday, no matter where you are. Double click your clock in Windows and have a look, the week runs from Monday to Sunday, not Sunday to Saturday.

Originally Posted by scotcher

... Double click your clock in Windows and have a look, the week runs from Monday to Sunday, not Sunday to Saturday.

That can't serve as an example because it's customizable.

Don't be silly.

Originally Posted by scotcher

Don't be silly.

I'll try to. But the first day of week IS customizable in WinXP at least.

Пошли-поехали ... And all Tu-160 asked was - what a small pocket calendar looks like?

Originally Posted by Dobry

Originally Posted by Tu-160

Recently on my job I had to make a small pocket calendar for an aircraft design bureau. It was intended only for foreigners, so we took a standard calendar layout and wrote months and days only in English. The layout looked like this:

But I knew that at least in the USA people used to have Sunday for the first day of week. I never saw American calendars so I guess that they must look so:

Just wonder, am I right?

Not traditional USA format, in my opinion... but yes, you are absolutely correct. In the USA, we show Sunday as the first day of our week on our calendars.

Traditional USA format... the days are listed left-to right at the top... not down the side.

I hope this helps, Tu.

Agree

Originally Posted by Dobry

Not traditional USA format, in my opinion... but yes, you are absolutely correct. In the USA, we show Sunday as the first day of our week on our calendars.

Traditional USA format... the days are listed left-to right at the top... not down the side.

I hope this helps, Tu.

I haven't known this before. I used to come across calenders with the weeks running from Sunday to Saturday but I thought that it was just a matter of style rather than traditional American format.

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

I didn't know this. I used to come across calenders with the weeks running from Sunday to Saturday but I thought that it was just a matter of style rather than a/the traditional American format.

I was surprised too when I recently found out that all American calenders are like that!

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

I didn't know this. I used to come across calenders with the weeks running from Sunday to Saturday but I thought that it was just a matter of style rather than a/the traditional American format.

I was surprised too when I recently found out that all American calenders are like that!

Now you know

Originally Posted by kalinka_vinnie

Originally Posted by ReDSanchous

I didn't know this. I used to come across calenders with the weeks running from Sunday to Saturday but I thought that it was just a matter of style rather than a/the traditional American format.

I was surprised too when I recently found out that all American calenders are like that!

How come you were surprised when you found that out? How long have you lived in the States? I suppose - long enough to know that a typical American calendar looks like that in the picture.
I prefer a traditional Russian calender where weeks run from Monday to Sunday. They are way more habitual!