[Django] #23371: Change the first day of the week to Monday for en_GB

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#23371: Change the first day of the week to Monday for en_GB
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Reporter: duncanparkes | Owner: nobody
Type: Uncategorized | Status: new
Component: Internationalization | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Keywords: locale, en_GB
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 1
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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There is occasional debate over this, but the modern week in the UK
runs Monday to Sunday.

For evidence - here's the calendar of the UK parliament:
http://services.parliament.uk/calendar/

And a couple of support threads suggesting Americans change their
locale to en_GB on Microsoft and Apple in order to get their calendars
to start the week on Monday:

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/winphone/forum/wp8-wpemail/how-do-i
-change-the-first-day-of-the-week-in/37c27997-1a18-4e51-91b4-fe2b3cd26496
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1460577

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#23371: Change the first day of the week to Monday for en_GB
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Reporter: duncanparkes | Owner:
Type: Uncategorized | duncanparkes
Component: | Status: assigned
Internationalization | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution:

Keywords: locale, en_GB | Triage Stage:
Has patch: 1 | Unreviewed
Needs tests: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
| UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by duncanparkes):

* status: new => assigned
* needs_better_patch: => 0
* owner: nobody => duncanparkes
* needs_tests: => 0
* needs_docs: => 0


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#23371: Change the first day of the week to Monday for en_GB
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Reporter: duncanparkes | Owner:
Type: Uncategorized | duncanparkes
Component: | Status: assigned
Internationalization | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution:

Keywords: locale, en_GB | Triage Stage:
Has patch: 1 | Unreviewed
Needs tests: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
| UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by duncanparkes):

Pull request: https://github.com/django/django/pull/3126

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#23371: Change the first day of the week to Monday for en_GB
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Reporter: duncanparkes | Owner:
Type: Bug | duncanparkes
Component: | Status: assigned
Internationalization | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: locale, en_GB | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 1
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0

Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by aaugustin):

* needs_docs: 0 => 1
* type: Uncategorized => Bug
* stage: Unreviewed => Accepted


Comment:

Following the lead of Microsoft and Apple seems reasonable in this case.

This change deserves a line in the release notes, doesn't it?

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#23371: Change the first day of the week to Monday for en_GB
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Reporter: duncanparkes | Owner:
Type: Bug | duncanparkes
Component: | Status: assigned
Internationalization | Version: master

Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: locale, en_GB | Triage Stage: Accepted
Has patch: 1 | Needs documentation: 1
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Comment (by duncanparkes):

It certainly does - I've added something and pushed a new commit.

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#23371: Change the first day of the week to Monday for en_GB
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Reporter: duncanparkes | Owner:
Type: Bug | duncanparkes
Component: | Status: assigned
Internationalization | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution:
Keywords: locale, en_GB | Triage Stage: Ready for
Has patch: 1 | checkin

Needs tests: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
| UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by timgraham):

* needs_docs: 1 => 0
* stage: Accepted => Ready for checkin


Comment:

Don't forget to uncheck "Needs documentation" so the ticket appears in the
review queue.

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#23371: Change the first day of the week to Monday for en_GB
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Reporter: duncanparkes | Owner:
Type: Bug | duncanparkes
Component: | Status: closed
Internationalization | Version: master
Severity: Normal | Resolution: fixed

Keywords: locale, en_GB | Triage Stage: Ready for
Has patch: 1 | checkin
Needs tests: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
| UI/UX: 0
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Changes (by Tim Graham <timograham@…>):

* status: assigned => closed
* resolution: => fixed


Comment:

In [changeset:"be8ccc26488552123cd371645dcb4fd13c05fe80"]:
{{{
#!CommitTicketReference repository=""
revision="be8ccc26488552123cd371645dcb4fd13c05fe80"
Fixed #23371 -- Changed en_GB first day of the week to Monday.
}}}

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