Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site erisun.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!enea!erix!erisun!leif From: leif@erisun.UUCP (Leif Samuelsson) Newsgroups: net.unix,net.internat Subject: Re: crontab: Sunday=7, not 0. Message-ID: <379@erisun.UUCP> Date: Sun, 10-Nov-85 10:12:19 EST Article-I.D.: erisun.379 Posted: Sun Nov 10 10:12:19 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 04:26:26 EST References: <704@adobe.UUCP> <187@l5.uucp> <491@ttidcb.UUCP> <2935@sun.uucp> <2006@umcp-cs.UUCP> Reply-To: leif@erisun.UUCP (Leif Samuelsson) Organization: Ericsson Information Systems AB, Sundbyberg, Sweden Lines: 23 Xref: linus net.unix:5653 net.internat:102 In article <2006@umcp-cs.UUCP> chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: >> I believe the V7 man page lied; it said the days went 1-7 with 1=Monday, >> when the actually went 0-6 with 0-Sunday. The USG/USDL (people who brought >> you S3/S5) fixed the man page. The CSRG at UCB (people who brought you >> 4.xBSD) fixed the *code* in 4.2. They should have known better . . . . > >Do not be too hard on them: at least they did something about it. > >The solution now is probably to make 0=7=Sunday everywhere. If anyone decides to write a brand new version of Unix, then this should be put straight once and for all. It is now over 15 years since ISO decided that Monday is the first day of the week. Hence, we can number the days 0-6 or 1-7, but Monday should be first! Leif Samuelsson Ericsson Information Systems AB ..enea!erix!erisun!leif Advanced Workstations Division S-172 93 SUNDBYBERG 59 19 N / 17 57 E SWEDEN