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A world run by public holidays! www.bank-holidays.com keeps a list of the days:
You can imagine just how enormous this task is when you learn that in Switzerland, for example, each of the 27 cantons has its own set of dates, or that a specific match can cause a government to proclaim a public holiday with immediate effect (such as the Olympics opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 24, 2020), or that in the U.S.A., the whole country is given a day off every four years at the time of the presidential inauguration. The job gets even more complicated when you consider that certain Buddhist or Muslim festivals fall on seemingly random dates depending on local physical observations! And of course, in unstable political situations, there are often spectacular about-turns, when for example it turns out that a certain holiday was in honour of the newly deposed president. __________________________________________________________________________________________
With a short and steady rhythm, the moon is the natural timekeeper
for terrestrial observers. Unfortunately, the solstices (from the Latin,
sol invictus, or 'invincible sun')-meaning, the seasons-obey only one
ruler: the sun. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Feeding the database Since 1998, the database has been put together with a great deal of patience by the team from EDIT (Easy Does I.T.), an online translation company active since 1993. A forest of data has been gone through with a fine-tooth comb. Now, however, the site's numerous visitors enable us to respond in real time by bringing changes to our attention. Bankers, for example, sometimes protest that their business is open and you'd better believe it! Another source of information on unforeseen holiday dates is tour operators faced with a new local situation.Most of our local translators also participate in updating local observations. Embassies and consulate are also of great help. __________________________________________________________________________________________ Meet Editor-in-Chief Jean-Pierre Jumez, musician, poet, writer, journalist... www.jumez.com __________________________________________________________________________________________ The site currently has an inventory of 18,000 dates per year (per language -- we carry 16 languages) from 1970 to 2070, for a total amount of entries exceeding 28 million! __________________________________________________________________________________________ European counties with an average of 11 public holidays and the US with 10 fall well below the global average of 13. Developed economies have an average of 12 national public holidays less than emerging markets such as Brazil or China which had an average of 14. Argentina is among the countries with the highest number of national public holidays, with 18. _ Figures speak for themselves: See statistics ____________________________________________________________________________Languages The site is fully operational in French (www.jours-feries.com), English (www.bank-holidays.com), Spanish (www.dias-festivos.com), Italian (www.ferie-nazionali.com), Portuguese (www.feriados.net), Indonesian (www.hari-libur.com), Japanese (www.saijitsu.net), Arabic (www.ayam-alotal.com), Russian (www.prazdniki.net), Chinese (www.shijie-jiari.com), Turkish (www.tatil-gunleri.com), Polish (www.dni-swiateczne.com), Swedish (www.helgdagar.com), German (www.feiertage-weltweit.com), Thai (www.wanyud-rachagan.com), Korean (www.konghyuil.com). For all enquiries, please call us at EDIT, +33 1 42 68 18 14 |