Friday ( or ) is the day after
Thursday which precedes
Saturday. In countries adopting
Monday-first conventions as recommended by the international standard
ISO 8601, it is the fifth day of the week. It is the sixth day in countries that adopt a
Sunday-first convention. In other countries (see
workweek and weekend), Friday is the first day of the week-end, with Saturday the second. In
Afghanistan and
Iran, Friday is the last day of the week-end, with Saturday as the first day of the working week.
Bahrain, the
United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and
Kuwait also followed this convention until they changed to a Friday–Saturday week-end, on September first, 2006 in
Bahrain and the
U.A.E., and a year later in
Kuwait. In
Iran, Friday is the only week-end day. In
Saudi Arabia and the
Maldives, there are two week-ends where Friday is the first week-end of the week while
Saturday is the second week-end.
