Calender

[disgruntled]

i added holidays to our calender, but i know i did not get them all. i left out stuff like easter because i have no idea how the rule works... is it the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, or 4th sunday??? so all those variable holidays were left out. if you guy could post the rules for those that would be greatly apprieciated!!

and i just have american and canadian holidays which is kinda lame. i would prefer to have a more diverse amount! help please! and what the heck is kwanza anyway??

i have:
New Years Day
Ground Hog Day
Valentine's Day
St. Patrick's Day
Cinco de Mayo
Canada Day
Independence Day
Halloween
Rememberance Day
Veteran's Day
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
New Year's Eve

[sirdarksol]

African thankfulness holiday. This is a severe simplification, mostly because I'm too lazy to look it up right now. I'm working on an article for the aquarium forum I'm on.

[DOCBROWN1705]

Kwanzaa is a week-long African festival celebrated primarily in the United States, honoring African American heritage.
Kwanzaa consists of seven days of celebration, December 26 to January 1 each year.
featuring activities like candle-lighting and pouring of libations, and ending in a feast and gift giving.

There are so many Holidays world wide, it really is hard to keep track...
Its good that you are trying to get a wide variety!!

Dont forget the Chinese New year.
And here are a few from other parts of the world...... Children's day (May 5th - Japan), Obon (Japanese festival/Holiday - July 13-15), and Deepavali (India - Nov 9th - Light Festival)

[disgruntled]

Originally Posted by DOCBROWN1705

Dont forget the Chinese New year.

if you could tell me how they decide when new years is that would be great! other wise i have to update it for every year!!

i will add the others though..... i will also try to figure out when the star festival is and add it too.

[sirdarksol]

Originally Posted by DOCBROWN1705

Kwanzaa is a week-long African festival celebrated primarily in the United States, honoring African American heritage.
Kwanzaa consists of seven days of celebration, December 26 to January 1 each year.
featuring activities like candle-lighting and pouring of libations, and ending in a feast and gift giving.

There are so many Holidays world wide, it really is hard to keep track...
Its good that you are trying to get a wide variety!!

Thank you for the improved description.

[DOCBROWN1705]

Originally Posted by sirdarksol

Thank you for the improved description.

No Problem

As for the Chinese new year.... The festival begins on the first day of the first lunar month in the Chinese calendar and ends on the 15th; this day is called the Lantern festival. In 2008 it starts on Feb 7th, and it will be the year of the Rat (Wu Zhi).

[sirdarksol]

We could also put solstices and equinoxes in.

[disgruntled]

spring march 21
fall sept 21
summer june 21
winter dec 21

right? i know some years it falls on the 22nd because i think the equinox actually happening at night. are these dates good? or change some to the 22?

[DOCBROWN1705]

The dates look good, they may need to be adjusted year to year, but they are just as accurate, as any major calender.

[Shirindo]

St George's Day - 23rd April
St David's Day - 1st March
St Andrew's Day - 30th November <-- Very important one this
May Day - 1st May

Cool info about Kwanzaa; never heard of it before