On 27 Aug 2014, at 10:18, duncan.par...@gmail.com wrote:

> 
> Does anyone know if FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK in en_GB was set to Sunday after a lot 
> of thought, or was it just copying the formats.py of en?
> 
> I've canvassed around my colleagues here in the UK and there is a pretty 
> clear consensus that the week starts on Monday, like in mainland Europe. In 
> the distant past it was often Sunday, like in the US, but these days we 
> definitely start on Monday with the working week.
> 
> Does anyone have any objections to changing this?

Seems like the National Physical Laboratory agrees: 
http://www.npl.co.uk/science-technology/time-frequency/time/faqs/which-is-the-first-day-of-the-week-and-which-is-week-1-of-the-year-%28faq-time%29

Jannis

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