Editing Friday (section)

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{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2022}}'''Friday''' is the day of the week between [[Thursday]] and [[Saturday]]. In countries that adopt the traditional "Sunday-first" convention, it is the sixth day of the week. In countries adopting the [[ISO 8601]]-defined "Monday-first" convention, it is the fifth [[Week-day names#Numbered days of the week|day of the week]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ISO 8601-1:2019(en) Date and time — Representations for information interchange — Part 1: Basic rules |url=https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/en/#iso:std:iso:8601:-1:ed-1:v1:en |access-date=2024-05-14 |website=www.iso.org}}</ref> 

In most Western countries, Friday is the fifth and final day of the working week. In some other countries, Friday is the first day of the weekend, with Saturday the second. In [[Iran]], Friday is the last day of the weekend, with Saturday as the first day of the working week. [[Bahrain]], the [[United Arab Emirates]] (UAE), [[Saudi Arabia]] and [[Kuwait]] also followed this convention until they changed to a Friday–Saturday weekend on September 1, 2006, in Bahrain and the UAE,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article697051.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110503224030/http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article697051.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 3, 2011|title=Login|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> and a year later in Kuwait.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fulbrighter-in-kuwait.blogspot.com/2007/05/kuwait-changes-to-friday-saturday.html|title=Expositions of Arabia: Kuwait Changes to Friday-Saturday Weekend|first=Nabil|last=Wilf|date=29 May 2007|access-date=30 December 2016}}</ref> In [[Israel]], by Jewish tradition, Friday is the sixth day of the week, and the last working day.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What is the standard work week in Israel? |url=https://www.shebaonline.org/patient-knowledge-base/question/standard-work-week-israel/ |access-date=2024-12-31 |website=www.shebaonline.org |language=en-US}}</ref>