Question about the New Calendars

Hey everyone,
Not sure if I am just blind or if the feature is not in there anymore but on the old calendar you are able to have a color set but with the new ones you do not seem to be able to?

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Hi @Codiemc.

No, currently the new calendar block do not have that feature but it will be added within the next 1-2 weeks.

Where can I find the list of new features or improvements?
In the past, I had to advise my users against using this block due to its very slow performance when listing thousands of records in the calendar because of airtable API limitations.

Yeah, love this new calendar block but waiting on two features from the old block before we can roll it out → 1) colors, 2) normal display with Sunday as the start of the week.

This Mon-Sun view is highly unusual. Curious, why did it get released with this view as default? What’s the rationale?

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Hi @mtsdawson, with the recent date&time format release, you can set up default date&time format and the first day of the week on App level (Settings → Date&Time Format → Start week on…). It will also change the start day for Calendar v5 block. Hope it helps.

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I wouldn’t say it’s highly unusual but rather the standard in most parts of the world, including ISO standards, that weeks start with a monday. If the calendar block started on a Sunday I wouldn’t be able to use it in my projects and to my clients for example.

Completely fair. I should’ve stated that it’s highly unusual in my current US market. Spent most of my life abroad and completely agree, it’s M-S everywhere else.

@Viktoria that worked, thank you!

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