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[Bug localedata/10011] wrong first_weekday/first_workday for de_AT locale


------- Additional Comments From keld at dkuug dot dk  2009-04-01 09:04 -------
Subject: Re:  wrong week/first_weekday/first_workday for de_AT locale

On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 08:35:09AM -0000, flyer dot REMOVE dot SPAM at gSmPaAiMl dot com wrote:
> 
> ------- Additional Comments From flyer dot REMOVE dot SPAM at gSmPaAiMl dot com  2009-04-01 08:35 -------
> 
> It's hard to prove with URLs from official institutions that Austrian calendars
> should start in Mondays.
> 
> 
> 
> There are ?Ö-Normen? (ie. Austrian norms) dictating the start of the week. But
> first_weekday is not the start of the week -- week[2] would do that job.
> 
> But even if ... those Austrian norms are not available for free. I could not
> provide you with a copy of such a norm. The only URLs I can provide are URLs to
> pages, where you can buy those norms.
> 
> 
> 
> I could take pictures of calendars used in Austria to prove that calendars start
> in Mondays. But I assume you do not want me to mess up the bug tracker with
> several binary attachments.
> 
> 
> 
> Would it do, if I can mobilize some Austrian people to add a comment to the bug
> saying that they support the patch of changing first_weekday?
> 
> 
> 
> For first_workday it's even more of a problem. There, I do not even know of any
> norm dictating this. I searched Austrian norms and laws but could not find anything.
> 
> However, the work week of every Austrian worker that I know starts on monday
> (except for shift workers).
> 
> Again, would it do, if I can mobilize some Austrian people to add a comment to
> the bug, saying that they support the patch of changing first_weekday?
> 
> 
> 
> How many supporting comments would it take to get this patch approved?

I agree that Monday is the first weekday in Austria.
You should then list the day as 1 for monday, and define monday as the 
day one in the week. The current patch lists the day as 2, which is not
what is intended by the system.

Best regards
keld


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