[Temporal] Explicitly mention 7 when talking about days in a week, rather than leaving it as an assumed 'default knowledge'

[0xdevalias]

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Temporal#calendars

What specific section or headline is this issue about?

Calendars

What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?

Another minor 'feels a little weird' tweak:

The concept of a "week" is not connected with any astronomical event, but is a cultural construct. Therefore, weeks can have 4, 5, 6, 8, or more days, or not even a fixed number of days. To get the specific number of days of the week of a date, use the date's daysInWeek.

I assume that 7 was left out of here because it is the assumed default/most common, but the way this is worded currently, it felt strange to me that 7 wasn't mentioned at all. If this default assumption was made more explicit, I think that would improve the feel of this paragraph.

What did you expect to see?

A potential rewording:

The concept of a "week" is not connected with any astronomical event, but is a cultural construct. While the most common length is 7 days, weeks can also have 4, 5, 6, 8, or more days — or even lack a fixed number of days altogether.

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@Josh-Cena FYI RE: this request for review

Though in light of this:

PRs are welcome :)

Originally posted by @Josh-Cena in #37996

I will probably just also knock up a PR for this shortly, unless I hear any strong objections to it prior.

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[Josh-Cena]

Yes, feel free to post PRs directly instead of issues, as those are more likely to be addressed quickly.

The purpose of this section is more to clear up some misassumptions about calendar information, so "you already know what Gregorian looks like" is implied.

[0xdevalias]

so "you already know what Gregorian looks like" is implied.

As a westerner, makes sense and is my default for sure. But my feel was that not everyone reading this may have the same defaults as me, therefore it would be better to be explicit than to rely on assuming cultural norms (doubly so in a section talking about how cultural norms differ)

[0xdevalias]

Fixed by:

• [Temporal] Clarify assumed defaults in language by making them explicit #38006