Re: [Phpgroupware-developers] improved version of holidays for .NL

[Dave Hall]

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> One fixed date national holiday was missing, being the 5th of May, 
> known as 
> liberation day.
> 
> Is there a way to calculate easter, and other more or less 
> christian holidays?
> the ones that are dates of importance are: good friday, easter, 
> easter 
> monday, Ascension day, whit sunday, whit monday.
> These somehow get calculated with respect to Easter, with Whit 
> Sunday being 
> the 7th sunday after easter, and ascension day being the thursday 
> before 
> the 6th sunday after easter, (good friday being the friday before 
> easter).I have not been able to quickly descern how easter is 
> calculated.

It is calculated based on lunar cycles, which is difficult for phpgw to
calculate.  For other countries we have manually entered the dates for
the next 5-12 yrs.

> Regards,
> 
> Huub
> -- start file:
> 
> 
> NL nieuwjaarsdag 1 1 0 0 0 NL koninginnedag 30 4 0 0 0 NL 
> bevrijdingsdag 5 
> 5 0 0 0 NL 1e kerstdag 25 12 1 0 0 NL 2e kerstdag 26 12 0 0 0 
> 
> 
> 
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