General question - any language

[Jan Bochmann]

Hello,

Is there a common language where the days of week are abbreviated by more than 3 letters?

Examples:

English - 3 letters: Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri-Sat-Sun

German - 2 letters: Mo-Di-Mi-Do-Fr-Sa-So

I remember Estonian or Latvian use 1 letter only... happy country.

But the question is, is there a language that needs more than 3 letters?

Regards
Jan B.

[DW]

<table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed">Zitat:</span></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Is there a common language where the days of week are abbreviated by more than 3 letters? </tr></td></table>I can't think of one. Welsh needs only two, Ll-Ma-Me-Ia-Gw-Sa-Su. Hebrew does not name them, it just gives them numbers. Russian needs two, but I don't have the font. Polish needs two, Po-Wt-Sr-Cz-Pi-So-Ni. Latvian needs three, Pir-Otr-Tre-Ce-Pie-Ses-Sve. Norwegian needs two, Ma-Ti-On-To-Fr-Le-Se.

Of course, English only needs two, Mo-Tu-We-Th-Fr-Sa-Su; the use of three is custom, not need. We do the same in Welsh and actually use Llu-Maw-Mer-Iau-Gwe-Sad-Sul.

[Bastiaan]

The Dutch also use only 2 letters: Ma-Di-Wo-Do-Vr-Za-Zo.

[Gast]

<table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed">Zitat:</span></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">Latvian needs three, Pir-Otr-Tre-Ce-Pie-Ses-Sve. </tr></td></table>

Lett.

P-O-T-C-Pt-S-Sv

Est.

E-T-K-N-R-L-P

[Jan Bochmann]

Thanks for all answers.

Grtx
Jan B.

"Mon:7:00-Fri:19:00" and "Mon-Fri:7:00-19:00" is not the same thing...

[Gast]

I'm sorry, but i didn't get the one with ""Mon:7:00-Fri:19:00" and "Mon-Fri:7:00-19:00" is not the same thing..."

What do you mean??

[Sascha Claus]

<table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed">Zitat:</span></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">I'm sorry, but i didn't get the one with ""Mon:7:00-Fri:19:00" and "Mon-Fri:7:00-19:00" is not the same thing..."

What do you mean??</tr></td></table>
"Mon:7:00-Fri:19:00" means Monday, 7:00 until Friday, 19:00

"Mon-Fri:7:00-19:00" means every Monday until Friday, 7:00-19:00, i.e. Monday 7:00-19:00, Tuesday 7:00-19:00, Wednesday 7:00-19:00, Thursday 7:00-19:00, Friday 7:00-19:00

(If I got it right.)

[someone]

why this question, jan? are you introducing weekdays options for Bahn?

[Maik]

i don't know how many letters are needed to shorten the italian weekdays, but they are called:
lunedi, martedi, mercoledi, giovedi, venerdi, sabato, domenica
i would think they are used this way: L-Ma-Me-G-V-S-D

[Jan Bochmann]

Hi,

<table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed">Zitat:</span></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
"Mon:7:00-Fri:19:00" means Monday, 7:00 until Friday, 19:00

"Mon-Fri:7:00-19:00" means every Monday until Friday, 7:00-19:00, i.e. Monday 7:00-19:00, Tuesday 7:00-19:00, Wednesday 7:00-19:00, Thursday 7:00-19:00, Friday 7:00-19:00

(If I got it right.)</tr></td></table>

Yes, well. More examples:

Mon:19:00-Fri:7:00 means Monday 19:00 to Friday 7:00

Mon-Fri:19:00-7:00 means every Monday until Friday, for each from 19:00 to 7:00 next day, i.e. over night Mon/Tue to Fri/Sat 7:00

Mon+Thu-Sat:8:00-12:00 means Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday each from 8:00 to 12:00.

<table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed">Zitat:</span></td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Why this question, jan? are you introducing weekdays options for Bahn?
</tr></td></table>

It is in preparation.

Grtx
Jan B.

[someone]

Wow, great. This will improve realism level of lots of networks! can't wait until the release.

[Rolf R]

In Portugal they use for days monday to sunday:

segunda-feira, terça-feira, quarta-feira, quinta-feira, sexta-feira, sábado, domingo

short-cuts: seg-ter-qua-qui-sex-sab-dom (I think, that You must use 3 letters for the difference between quarta-feira and quinta-feira [wed - thu])

Greets

Rolf