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Cake day: July 11th, 2023

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  • Problem: ambiguity of date terms like saying “this Wednesday” on a Thursday. Is the speaker referring to yesterday or the coming Wednesday six days from now? Not always clear.

    Solution: I propose standardising our understanding of the week as beginning Monday, ending Sunday. At any point in the current week, “this whateverday” refers to that day in the current week, no matter if it’s past or future. “Next whateverday” refers to that day in the upcoming Monday through Sunday week.

    “This Wednesday”, on a Thursday, is referring to yesterday.

    “Next Wednesday”, on a Thursday, is referring to a day six days from now.

    (I also suggest adopting ISO 8601, writing dates in year-month-day order to avoid that ugly ambiguity.)