holidata 2024.8.2

Description:

holidata 2024.8.2

Holidata
holidata is a utility for algorithmically producing holiday data.
Its purpose is mainly for holidata.net.
Holiday data can be produced for a given year in a supported locale and output format.
Usage
holidata --year=<value> --locale=<value> [--output=<value>]
holidata --year=<value> --country=<value> [--lang=<value>] [--output=<value>]

Call holidata with the --help option to more detailed information.
Examples


Create holiday data of year 2022 for locale de-DE:
$ holidata --year=2022 --locale=de-DE



Create holiday data of year 2022 for country BE and language fr:
$ holidata --year=2022 --country=BE --lang=fr



Create holiday data of year 2022 for country US (default language en):
$ holidata --year=2022 --country=US



Data
For each holiday the following data is provided:

locale - language and country the holiday is defined for
region - region code of the given subdivision the holiday is defined for
date - actual date the holiday takes place
description - name of the holiday in the given language
type - holiday type flags
notes - additional information

Locales
Holidata provides holiday data in different locales, i.e. for a given country and in a given language.
See holidata.net for a complete overview of the currently provided locales.
If you think a locale is missing, open a feature request on GitHub.
Output Formats
Holidata supports different output formats, currently csv, json, yaml, and xml.
If you think an output format is missing, open a feature request on GitHub.
Limitations
Holidata focuses on holidays which are defined by law on which business or work are suspended or reduced (there may be some exceptions to that rule).
Holidata only provides data for countries and their principal subdivisions (both as they are defined in ISO 3166).
Holidays for other subdivisions are either merged or ignored.
There is also no explicit representation of partial holidays.
License
holidata is released under the MIT license.
For details check the LICENSE file.