Holiday Type
Table 5.6. Available Holiday Types and Descriptions
| Combinations of different holiday types | |
all | Combinations of all known types |
default | Default holiday set: federal,
federallocal, obs1,
weekday |
countrydefault |
Default set depending on country
[1]
|
obs | Important (obs1), common (obs2)
and other observances (obs3) |
religious | All religious holidays: buddhism,
christian, hebrew,
hinduism, muslim,
orthodox |
| National/Federal holidays and observances | |
federal | Federal/national holidays |
federallocal | Common local holidays |
flagday | Flag days |
local | Local holidays |
local2 | Local observances |
obs1 | Important observances |
obs2 | Common observances |
obs3 | Other observances |
weekday | Normal working days [2] |
| Religious holidays/observances | |
buddhism | Buddhist holidays |
christian | Christian holidays |
hebrew | Hebrew holidays |
hinduism | Hindu holidays |
muslim | Muslim holidays |
orthodox | Orthodox holidays |
| Special Events | |
seasons | Seasons (equinoxes and solstices) |
tz | Time zone events – daylight savings time start and end |
| Worldwide Events | |
un | United Nations days |
world | Worldwide observations |
[1] For most countries, this is the same as default. However, for some countries it makes sense to add further types – this type accounts for this case. Currently this only affects the UK: local holidays are added as well. This is to include days that are only valid in one of countries – e.g. Jan 2 is a holiday only for Scotland. [2] In some cases, working days are declared non-working days in order to form a longer period of consecutive non-working days. In exchange, weekend days become normal working days. For example, if May 1 falls on a Thursday, workers in Russia get the day off on the Friday and have to work on the following Sunday instead. This happens e.g. in 2014 – please see the calendar for January (Jan 4, Jan 5). | |
