First day of the week in calendar

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First day of the week in calendar

In the UK (as in many countries) the week starts on Sunday and calendars normally reflect this. With iPhone the week starts on Monday (in UK) but in Ireland it starts on Sunday. I really can't use a calendar showing Monday as the first day of the week (it's too confusing when compared to printed calendars and iCal on the computer). If I set iPhone calendar to Ireland that's fine for a while but soon it reverts to UK and Monday. Is it possible to make this calendar show the correct day all the time?

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Posted on Mar 18, 2010 3:57 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 18, 2010 4:08 AM in response to Jim Calderwood

Yes, it's possible, by changing Settings > General > International > Region Format to something other than the UK. Setting it to the United States will give you a week starting on Sunday. But, that setting also controls the way dates and phone numbers are displayed, so those are affected as well. But, maybe that's already how you already "set iPhone calendar to Ireland," in which case, I'm not sure why it's reverting back, unless it's resulting from when you sync the phone to your computer.

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wjosten

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Mar 18, 2010 4:10 AM in response to Jim Calderwood

Settings->General->International you’ll see you can change the Region Format to whatever you like. Change it to United States, you get a week starting with Sunday. Change it to UK and you get a week starting with Monday. But, that also changes other things as well. You'll have to decide if the trade-offs are worth it.

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Jim Calderwood Author

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Mar 18, 2010 5:16 AM in response to neuroanatomist

That's how I change to Ireland to have Calendar start on Sunday; but it changes back to UK and Monday when I sync. Any other ideas?

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Answer 4

Mar 18, 2010 5:46 AM in response to Jim Calderwood

So, the sync is re-setting your region format. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how to stop that from occurring.

IMO, the best solution would be for Apple to implement a user-selectable day of week start in Settings.

Worth a suggestion, certainly: http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html.

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Answer 5

Mar 18, 2010 5:49 AM in response to Jim Calderwood

I expect it's related to the issue in this recently resurrected thread about syncing of the iPhone's time zone setting.

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