/* British calendar * Copyright 2011 05 31 Julian H. Stacey * Released under BSD license. * http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/src/gen/usr.bin/calendar/calendars/en_UK.ISO8859-1/calendar.holidays * Any & all responsibility for errors or omissions disclaimed. * + References: * http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Governmentcitizensandrights/LivingintheUK/DG_073741 * http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/index/government-citizens-and-rights/living-in-northern-ireland/bank-holidays.htm * http://bankholidaydates.co.uk/GreatBritain/2011.aspx * http://www.ukbankholidaydates.co.uk lists up to 2015, but not read them all in. * * Some holidays vary each year by act of parliament[s]. * Businesses & schools are not necessarily closed on Scottish bank * holidays, & the Scottish banks follow the English & Welsh bank * holidays for business reasons. * * Do not make the mistake I once saw in the German directory: * Where they listed Christmas just as a religious event, (so * one had to include all the other spurious religious stuff * just to include the public holidays). Xmas & Easter are * public bank holidays by act of Parliament for all, inc. * atheists, not merely religious holy days for Christians, * so if a religious file is later created, keep them in the * national file, not a religious file.) * * There are different bank & public holidays in different parts of the UK * (= United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland). */ #ifndef _en_UK_ISO8859_1_holidays_ #define _en_UK_ISO8859_1_holidays_ Jan 1 England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland "New Year''s Day" Holiday (If Saturday or Sunday, Holiday is next Monday) /* We should extend calendar to offer such a delay algorithm. */ /* Jan 1 2010, Jan 3 2011, Jan 2 2012 */ Jan 2 Scotland only, not England, Wales, Northern Ireland "2nd January" Holiday /* 2010::4 Jan, 2011:4 Jan, 2012:3 Jan, */ Easter-2 England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland: "Good Friday" Holiday Traffic jams start throughout Europe. /* 2010:2 Apr, 2011:22 Apr, 2012:6 Apr */ Easter+1 England, Wales & Northern Ireland: "Easter Monday" Holiday /* 2010:5 Apr, 2011:25 Apr, 2012:9 Apr */ Mar 17 Northern Ireland: St Patrick''s Day Holiday (If Saturday or Sunday, Holiday is next Monday) /* 2010:17 March, 2011:19th March, 2012: 18 March */ May Mon+1 England, Wales & Northern Ireland: "Early/ 1st Mon. in May Bank Holiday" /* 2010:3 May, 2011:2 May, 2012:7 May */ May Mon-1 England, Wales & Northern Ireland: "Spring Bank Holiday" (not in 2012) Jun 4 2012 only. England, Wales & Northern Ireland: "Spring Bank Holiday" /* May 31 2010, May 30 2011, Jun 4 special date for 2012 */ Jun 5 2012 England, Wales & Northern Ireland: "Queen''s Diamond Jubilee" Special One Off Holiday Jul 12 Northern Ireland: Battle of the Boyne 1690. (Orange-men''s Day) Holiday Aug Mon+1 Scotland: "Summer Bank Holiday" (1st Mon in Aug.) /* 2010:2 August, 2011:1 August, 2012: 6 August */ Aug Mon-1 England, Wales & Northern Ireland: "Summer Bank Holiday" (Last Mon. in Aug.) /* Aug 30 2010, Aug 29 2011, Aug 27 2012 */ Nov 30 Scotland only "St Andrews Day" Holiday /* Since 2007 a permanent bank holiday. 30 Nov on 2010, 2011, 2012. */ Dec 25 England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland: "Christmas Day" Holiday, (If Saturday, or Sunday, Holiday is next Monday) /* 2010:27 Dec, 2011:26 Dec, 2012:25 Dec */ Dec 26 England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland: "Boxing Day" Holiday, (If on Sunday, Holiday is next Tuesday) /* 2010:28 Dec, 2011:27 Dec, 2012:26 Dec. */ /* Dec 31 New Year''s Eve, Scottish name: Hogmanay * Not a bank holiday in England, Ireland, Scotland or Wales, * Though people go home early. * */ #endif /*! _en_UK_ISO8859_1_holidays_ */