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mitoSoft.Holidays 2.0.7

mitoSoft.Holidays

A lightweight, extensible .NET library for determining holidays across different countries and their administrative divisions.

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Overview

mitoSoft.Holidays is a comprehensive holiday management library that provides:

• Multi-Country Support: Built-in support for German (Bundeslaender) and United States (States) holidays
• Regional Awareness: Holidays are tracked by administrative divisions (states, provinces, regions)
• Fixed and Variable Dates: Handles both fixed-date holidays (e.g., Christmas) and calculated holidays (e.g., Easter, Thanksgiving)
• Localization: Multi-language support for holiday names
• Extensible Architecture: Easy to add support for additional countries
• DateTime Extensions: Convenient extension methods for checking holidays

Targets

• .NET Standard 2.0
• .NET 10.0

Installation

Install via NuGet Package Manager:

Install-Package mitoSoft.Holidays

Or via .NET CLI:

dotnet add package mitoSoft.Holidays

Key Concepts

Administrative Divisions

Administrative divisions are geographical areas into which a country is divided. Different countries have different types of administrative divisions:

• United States: States (e.g., California, Texas, New York)
• Germany: Bundeslaender (e.g., Bayern, Berlin, Hamburg)
• Canada: Provinces and territories
• France: Departments

Holidays may be observed differently across these divisions. For example:

• In the US, Columbus Day is a federal holiday but not observed in all states
• In Germany, Epiphany is only observed in Baden-Wurttemberg, Bayern, and Sachsen-Anhalt

Quick Start

Using Country-Specific Holiday Classes

using mitoSoft.Holidays.Germany;

// Get all German holidays for a specific year
var germanHolidays = new Holidays();
var holidays2024 = germanHolidays.GetHolidays(2024);

// Check if a date is a holiday in a specific Bundesland
var date = new DateTime(2024, 1, 6); // Epiphany
bool isHolidayInBayern = germanHolidays.IsHoliday(date, Bundeslaender.Bayern); // true
bool isHolidayInBerlin = germanHolidays.IsHoliday(date, Bundeslaender.Berlin); // false

// Using extension methods
bool isHoliday = date.IsHoliday(germanHolidays, Bundeslaender.Bayern);
var holiday = date.GetHoliday(germanHolidays);

Using the HolidaysHelper

using mitoSoft.Holidays;

// Get holidays by country code
var germanHolidays = HolidaysHelper.GetHolidays("de");
var usHolidays = HolidaysHelper.GetHolidays("us");

var date = new DateTime(2024, 7, 4);
bool isUSHoliday = usHolidays.IsHoliday(date, "Federal");

Working with United States Holidays

using mitoSoft.Holidays.UnitedStates;

var usHolidays = new Holidays();

// Check federal holidays
var independenceDay = new DateTime(2024, 7, 4);
bool isFederalHoliday = usHolidays.IsHoliday(independenceDay, States.Federal);

// Get all holidays for a specific date
var allHolidaysOnDate = usHolidays.GetHolidays(independenceDay);

// Check state-specific holidays
var date = new DateTime(2024, 10, 14); // Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day
bool isHolidayInCalifornia = usHolidays.IsHoliday(date, States.California);

Getting Holiday Information

using System.Globalization;

var germanHolidays = new mitoSoft.Holidays.Germany.Holidays();
var christmas = new DateTime(2024, 12, 25);

var holiday = germanHolidays.GetHoliday(christmas);

// Get localized name
string nameInGerman = holiday.GetDisplayName(new CultureInfo("de-DE"));
string nameInEnglish = holiday.GetDisplayName(new CultureInfo("en-US"));

// Get holiday properties
DateTime originalDate = holiday.OriginalDate;
DateTime observedDate = holiday.ObservedDate;
bool isFixed = holiday.IsFixedDate;

// Get administrative divisions where it's observed
var divisions = holiday.GetAdministrativeDivisions();

Supported Holidays

Germany (Bundeslaender)

National Holidays:

• New Year's Day (Neujahr)
• Good Friday (Karfreitag)
• Easter Sunday (Ostersonntag)
• Easter Monday (Ostermontag)
• Labor Day (Tag der Arbeit)
• Feast of the Ascension (Christi Himmelfahrt)
• Pentecost Sunday (Pfingstsonntag)
• Whit Monday (Pfingstmontag)
• German Unity Day (Tag der Deutschen Einheit)
• Christmas Eve (Heiligabend)
• Christmas Day (1. Weihnachtsfeiertag)
• Boxing Day (2. Weihnachtsfeiertag)

Regional Holidays:

• Epiphany (Heilige Drei Konige) - BW, BY, ST
• International Women's Day (Internationaler Frauentag) - BE
• Assumption of Mary (Maria Himmelfahrt) - SL
• Luther Reformation Day (Reformationstag) - BB, MV, SN, ST, TH, HH, HB, NI, SH
• All Saints' Day (Allerheiligen) - BW, BY, NW, RP, SL
• Feast of Corpus Christi (Fronleichnam) - BW, BY, HE, NW, RP, SL

United States (States)

Federal Holidays:

• New Year's Day
• Martin Luther King Jr. Day (3rd Monday in January)
• George Washington's Birthday / Presidents' Day (3rd Monday in February)
• Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)
• Juneteenth National Independence Day
• Independence Day
• Labor Day (1st Monday in September)
• Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day (2nd Monday in October)
• Veterans Day
• Thanksgiving Day (4th Thursday in November)
• Christmas Day

Extending the Library

Adding a New Country

To add support for a new country:

1. Create an enum for administrative divisions:

using System;

namespace mitoSoft.Holidays.YourCountry
{
 [Flags]
 public enum Regions : uint
 {
 None = 0,
 Region1 = 1 << 0,
 Region2 = 1 << 1,
 Region3 = 1 << 2,
 // Add more regions...

 National = Region1 | Region2 | Region3
 }
}

2. Create a Holiday class:

namespace mitoSoft.Holidays.YourCountry
{
 public sealed class Holiday : Holiday<Regions>
 {
 public Holiday(string name, DateTime date, bool isFixedDate, Regions regions)
 : base(name, date, date, isFixedDate, regions)
 {
 }

 public override bool IsHoliday(Regions region)
 => this.AdministrativeDivisions.HasFlag(region);
 }
}

3. Create a Holidays class:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace mitoSoft.Holidays.YourCountry
{
 public sealed class Holidays : Holidays<Regions>
 {
 public Holidays() : base("Your Country Name")
 {
 }

 public override IEnumerable<Holiday<Regions>> GetHolidays(int year)
 {
 yield return new Holiday("NewYear", new DateTime(year, 1, 1), true, Regions.National);
 // Add more holidays...
 }
 }
}

4. Register with HolidaysHelper:

HolidaysHelper.RegisterHolidays("yc", new YourCountry.Holidays());

Easter Calculation

The library includes a built-in EasterSunday calculator that uses the Oudin (1940) algorithm:

var easterSunday = EasterSunday.Get(2024); // March 31, 2024
var goodFriday = easterSunday.AddDays(-2);
var easterMonday = easterSunday.AddDays(1);
var ascension = easterSunday.AddDays(39);
var pentecost = easterSunday.AddDays(49);

API Reference

Core Interfaces

• IHoliday - Represents a single holiday
• IHolidays - Represents a collection of holidays for a country

Core Classes

• Holiday<T> - Base class for holiday implementations
• Holidays<T> - Base class for country holiday collections
• HolidaysHelper - Static helper for managing multiple countries

Extension Methods

• GetHoliday(DateTime, IHolidays) - Get holiday on a specific date
• IsHoliday(DateTime, IHolidays, string) - Check if date is a holiday

Localization

The library supports multiple languages through resource files. Holiday names can be localized:

var holiday = germanHolidays.GetHoliday(new DateTime(2024, 12, 25));

// Get German name
string german = holiday.GetDisplayName(new CultureInfo("de-DE")); // "1. Weihnachtsfeiertag"

// Get English name
string english = holiday.GetDisplayName(new CultureInfo("en-US")); // "Christmas Day"

Examples

For more comprehensive examples, see the test classes in the .

Check Multiple Years

var germanHolidays = new mitoSoft.Holidays.Germany.Holidays();

for (int year = 2020; year <= 2025; year++)
{
 var easterSunday = EasterSunday.Get(year);
 Console.WriteLine($"Easter {year}: {easterSunday:yyyy-MM-dd}");
}

Find All Holidays in a State

var usHolidays = new mitoSoft.Holidays.UnitedStates.Holidays();
var californiaHolidays = usHolidays.GetHolidays(2024)
 .Where(h => h.IsHoliday(States.California))
 .OrderBy(h => h.ObservedDate);

foreach (var holiday in californiaHolidays)
{
 Console.WriteLine($"{holiday.ObservedDate:yyyy-MM-dd} - {holiday.GetDisplayName()}");
}

Weekend Adjustment (Custom Implementation)

// The library tracks both OriginalDate and ObservedDate
// You can implement custom weekend adjustment logic as needed

var holiday = usHolidays.GetHoliday(new DateTime(2024, 7, 4));
DateTime originalDate = holiday.OriginalDate; // 2024-07-04
DateTime observedDate = holiday.ObservedDate; // 2024-07-04

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit pull requests or open issues for:

• Adding new countries
• Fixing holiday definitions
• Adding translations
• Improving documentation

License

This project is licensed under the terms specified in the file.

Links

• GitHub Repository
• NuGet Package

Acknowledgments

• Easter calculation based on the algorithm of Oudin (1940) as quoted in "Explanatory Supplement to the Astronomical Almanac", P. Kenneth Seidelmann
• German holidays reference: https://www.feiertage.net/bundeslaender.php
• US federal holidays reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays_in_the_United_States