# NAME Date::Holidays::GB - Determine British holidays - Current UK public and bank holiday dates up to 2023 # SYNOPSIS use Date::Holidays::GB qw( holidays is_holiday next_holiday ); # All UK holidays my $holidays = holidays( year => 2013 ); # Holidays in England & Wales and Scotland my $holidays = holidays( year => 2013, regions => [ 'EAW', 'SCT' ] ); if (is_holiday( year => 2013, month => 12, day => 25, regions => [ 'EAW', 'SCT' ] ) ) { print "No work today!"; } # simpler "date" parameter (from v0.014) if ( is_holiday( date => '2013-12-25' ) ) { print "No work today!"; } # returns hashref of next holiday dates for regions (default all regions, # individually and together) my $next_holiday = next_holiday(); my $next_holiday = next_holiday( 'EAW', 'NIR' ); # DESCRIPTION A [Date::Holidays](https://metacpan.org/pod/Date%3A%3AHolidays) style package updated with the British bank holiday dates now published at [https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays](https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays). Holidays may apply to all regions, or some combination - see the `regions` parameter for more details. N.B. - Dates of future holidays may occasionally be updated after they've been published. Module is named with correct ISO-3166-1 code for the United Kingdom: "GB" (Great Britain) To just work with holiday days for a single region, use one of the subclasses: [Date::Holidays::GB::EAW](https://metacpan.org/pod/Date%3A%3AHolidays%3A%3AGB%3A%3AEAW), [Date::Holidays::GB::NIR](https://metacpan.org/pod/Date%3A%3AHolidays%3A%3AGB%3A%3ANIR), or [Date::Holidays::GB::SCT](https://metacpan.org/pod/Date%3A%3AHolidays%3A%3AGB%3A%3ASCT). # EXPORTS Exports `holidays`, `is_holiday`, `next_holiday` on demand. Also can export the aliases `gb_holidays`, `is_gb_holiday` and `next_gb_holiday`. # METHODS Both `is_holiday` and `holidays` take either an argument list or hash of named arguments. The named arguments are `year`, `month`, `day`, and `region`. `region` should be either omitted (to search all regions) or an arrayref of the UK regions that you are interested in, as ISO-3166-2 codes. The argument list should be in the following order: year, month, day, and (optionally) regions. Note that you will need to specify region(s) to make correct use of this module - Bank Holidays are not the same throughout the UK! ## holidays # year, month, day, [regions] my $holidays = holidays( @args ); or # ( year => ..., month => ..., day => ..., [ regions => \@. .. ] ) my $holidays = holidays( %args ); Returns hashref of holiday dates, values are a string listing the holiday(s) taking place on that date, with the region name(s) in parenthesis. Holidays that occur in all regions are returned with a single canonical name, taken from the name in England & Wales. Date keys are in the format MMDD, as per the behaviour of [Date::Holidays](https://metacpan.org/pod/Date%3A%3AHolidays). ## is\_holiday # year, month, day, [regions] my $holiday = is_holiday( @args ); or # date in YYYY-MM-DD format # ( date => ..., [ regions => \@. .. ] ) my $holiday = is_holiday( %args ); or # ( year => ..., month => ..., day => ..., [ regions => \@. .. ] ) my $holiday = is_holiday( %args ); Returns the holiday details (as per `holidays`) but for a single date. Returns false if the specified date is not a holiday in the appropriate region(s). ## next\_holiday my $next_holiday = next_holiday( @regions ); Returns the holiday details for the next holiday in the specified regions. If no regions are specified, returns the next holiday dates for all regions. The `all` key in the results is the next holiday observed by all regions. ## date\_generated print Date::Holidays::GB::date_generated; Prints the date that the data was downloaded, in YYYY-MM-DD format. # ISO-3166-2 REGION CODES Valid codes for the regions that make up ISO-3166-1 "GB" are: - EAW - England & Wales - SCT - Scotland - NIR - Northern Ireland # GENERATING THE DATA The source for this package is generated via a script, included with the distribution (`share/generate_date_holidays_gb.pl`). This downloads the latest JSON files from [http://www.gov.uk/](http://www.gov.uk/), and could be used to update/alter the package if necessary. # SEE ALSO - [Date::Holidays](https://metacpan.org/pod/Date%3A%3AHolidays) - [Date::Holidays::UK](https://metacpan.org/pod/Date%3A%3AHolidays%3A%3AUK) - not currently updated - [Date::Holidays::UK::EnglandAndWales](https://metacpan.org/pod/Date%3A%3AHolidays%3A%3AUK%3A%3AEnglandAndWales) - only England and Wales - [Date::Holidays::EnglandWales](https://metacpan.org/pod/Date%3A%3AHolidays%3A%3AEnglandWales) - not currently updated # SUPPORT ## Bugs / Feature Requests Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker at [https://github.com/mjemmeson/Date-Holidays-GB/issues](https://github.com/mjemmeson/Date-Holidays-GB/issues). You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue. ## Source Code This is open source software. The code repository is available for public review and contribution under the terms of the license. [https://github.com/mjemmeson/Date-Holidays-GB](https://github.com/mjemmeson/Date-Holidays-GB) git clone https://github.com/mjemmeson/Date-Holidays-GB.git # AUTHOR Michael Jemmeson # CONTRIBUTORS - Peter Newman # COPYRIGHT This software is copyright (c) 2013-2022 by Michael Jemmeson. # LICENSE This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.