holidays/README.rdoc

= Ruby Holidays Gem
  
A set of functions to deal with holidays in Ruby.
 
Extends Ruby's built-in Date class and supports custom holiday definition lists.
 
=== Installation
 
To install the gem from GitHub:
 
    gem sources -a http://gems.github.com
    gem install alexdunae-holidays
 
Or, download the source <tt>.tgz</tt> file from http://rubyforge.org/holidays and
extract it somewhere in your include path.
 
=== Examples
 
For more information, see the notes at the top of the Holidays module.
 
==== Using the Holidays class
Get all holidays on April 25, 2008 in Australia.
  date = Date.civil(2008,4,25)
 
  Holidays.on(date, :au)
  => [{:name => 'ANZAC Day',...}]
 
Get holidays that are observed on July 2, 2007 in British Columbia, Canada.
  date = Date.civil(2007,7,2)
 
  Holidays.on(date, :ca_bc, :observed)
  => [{:name => 'Canada Day',...}]
 
Get all holidays in July, 2008 in Canada and the US.
  from = Date.civil(2008,7,1)
  to = Date.civil(2008,7,31)
 
  Holidays.between(from, to, :ca, :us)
  => [{:name => 'Canada Day',...}
      {:name => 'Independence Day',...}]
 
Get informal holidays in February.
  from = Date.civil(2008,2,1)
  to = Date.civil(2008,2,15)
 
  Holidays.between(from, to)
  => [{:name => 'Valentine\'s Day',...}]
 
 
==== Extending Ruby's Date class
Check which holidays occur in Iceland on January 1, 2008.
  d = Date.civil(2008,7,1)
 
  d.holidays(:is)
  => [{:name => 'Nýársdagur'}...]
 
Lookup Canada Day in different regions.
  d = Date.civil(2008,7,1)
 
  d.holiday?(:ca) # Canada
  => true
 
  d.holiday?(:ca_bc) # British Columbia, Canada
  => true
 
  d.holiday?(:fr) # France
  => false
 
=== Credits and code
 
* Project page: http://code.dunae.ca/holidays
* Source: http://github.com/alexdunae/holidays
* Docs: http://code.dunae.ca/holidays/doc
 
By Alex Dunae (dunae.ca, e-mail 'code' at the same domain), 2007-10.
 
Made on Vancouver Island.