Holiday Dates
Returns the date of a holiday.
holiday(year = getRmetricsOptions("currentYear"), Holiday = "Easter")Holiday |
the unquoted function name of an ecclestial or public holiday in the G7 countries or Switzerland, see the list below. |
year |
an integer value or vector of years, formatted as |
Easter is the central ecclestial holiday. Many other holidays
are related to this feast. The function Easter computes
the dates of Easter and related ecclestial holidays for the
requested year vector. holiday calculates the dates of
ecclestial or publich holidays in the G7 countries, e.g.
holiday(2003, "GoodFriday"). Rmetrics contains holiday
functions automatically loaded at startup time. The user can
add easily additional holiday functions. The information for
the holidays is collected from several web pages about holiday
calendars.
The following ecclestial and public [HOLIDAY] functions
in the G7 countries and Switzerland are available:
Holidays Related to Easter:
Septuagesima, Quinquagesima, AshWednesday, PalmSunday,
GoodFriday, EasterSunday, Easter, EasterMonday,
RogationSunday, Ascension, Pentecost, PentecostMonday,
TrinitySunday CorpusChristi.
Holidays Related to Christmas:
ChristTheKing, Advent1st, Advent1st, Advent3rd,
Advent4th, ChristmasEve, ChristmasDay, BoxingDay,
NewYearsDay.
Other Ecclestical Feasts:
SolemnityOfMary, Epiphany, PresentationOfLord,
Annunciation, TransfigurationOfLord, AssumptionOfMary,
AssumptionOfMary, BirthOfVirginMary, CelebrationOfHolyCross,
MassOfArchangels, AllSaints, AllSouls.
CHZurich - Public Holidays:
CHBerchtoldsDay, CHSechselaeuten, CHAscension,
CHConfederationDay, CHKnabenschiessen.
GBLondon - Public Holidays:
GBMayDay, GBBankHoliday, GBSummerBankHoliday,
GBNewYearsEve.
DEFrankfurt - Public Holidays:
DEAscension, DECorpusChristi, DEGermanUnity, DEChristmasEve,
DENewYearsEve.
FRParis - Public Holidays:
FRFetDeLaVictoire1945, FRAscension, FRBastilleDay,
FRAssumptionVirginMary, FRAllSaints, FRArmisticeDay.
ITMilano - Public Holidays:
ITEpiphany, ITLiberationDay, ITRepublicAnniversary,
ITAssumptionOfVirginMary, ITAllSaints, ITWWIVictoryAnniversary,
ITStAmrose, ITImmaculateConception.
USNewYork/USChicago - Public Holidays:
USNewYearsDay, USInaugurationDay, USMLKingsBirthday,
USLincolnsBirthday, USWashingtonsBirthday, USMemorialDay,
USIndependenceDay, USLaborDay, USColumbusDay, USElectionDay,
USVeteransDay, USThanksgivingDay, USChristmasDay,
USCPulaskisBirthday, USGoodFriday.
CAToronto/CAMontreal - Public Holidays:
CAVictoriaDay, CACanadaDay, CACivicProvincialHoliday,
CALabourDay, CAThanksgivingDay, CaRemembranceDay.
JPTokyo/JPOsaka - Public Holidays:
JPNewYearsDay, JPGantan, JPBankHolidayJan2, JPBankHolidayJan3,
JPComingOfAgeDay, JPSeijinNoHi, JPNatFoundationDay,
JPKenkokuKinenNoHi, JPGreeneryDay, JPMidoriNoHi,
JPConstitutionDay, JPKenpouKinenBi, JPNationHoliday,
JPKokuminNoKyujitu, JPChildrensDay, JPKodomoNoHi,
JPMarineDay, JPUmiNoHi, JPRespectForTheAgedDay,
JPKeirouNoHi, JPAutumnalEquinox, JPShuubun-no-hi,
JPHealthandSportsDay, JPTaiikuNoHi, JPNationalCultureDay,
JPBunkaNoHi, JPThanksgivingDay, JPKinrouKanshaNohi,
JPKinrou-kansha-no-hi, JPEmperorsBirthday,
JPTennou-tanjyou-bi, JPTennou-tanjyou-bi.
The function holiday returns an object of class
timeDate.
## holiday - # Dates for GoodFriday from 2000 until 2010: holiday(2000:2010, "GoodFriday") ## Easter - Easter(2000:2010) ## GoodFriday - GoodFriday(2000:2010) Easter(2000:2010, -2)
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