# Why do most calenders have Saturday as the seventh day?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 17, 2003, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-calenders-have-saturday-as-the-seventh-day/155559 "2003-02-17T03:15:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 19, 2003, 9:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-calenders-have-saturday-as-the-seventh-day/155559/21 "2003-02-19T09:08:48Z")

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If Sunday is the first day of the week then shouldn’t Sunday and Saturday be called weekend **s** , rather than a weekend.

Maybe they are put at both ends of the week to stop it from fraying, like aglets on a shoelace.

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