alexdunae-holidays 0.9.4

data/data/united_nations.yaml

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+# United Nationas holiday definitions for the Ruby Holiday gem.
+# Updated 2008-11-21.
+--- 
+2: 
+- name: International Mother Language Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 2
+3: 
+- name: United Nations Day for Women's Rights and International Peace
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 8
+- name: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 21
+- name: Beginning of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 21
+- name: World Day for Water
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 22
+- name: World Meteorological Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 23
+4: 
+- name: World Health Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 7
+- name: World Book and Copyright Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 23
+5: 
+- name: World Press Freedom Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 3
+- name: International Day of Families
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 15
+- name: World Telecommunication Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 17
+- name: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 21
+- name: International Day for Biological Diversity
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 22
+- name: Beginning of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 25
+- name: International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 29
+- name: World No-Tobacco Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 31
+6: 
+- name: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 4
+- name: World Environment Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 5
+- name: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 17
+- name: World Refugee Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 20
+- name: United Nations Public Service Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 23
+- name: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 26
+- name: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 26
+7: 
+- name: International Day of Cooperatives
+  week: 1
+  regions: [un]
+  wday: 6
+- name: World Population Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 11
+8: 
+- name: International Day of the World's Indigenous People
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 9
+- name: International Youth Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 12
+- name: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 23
+9: 
+- name: International Literacy Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 8
+- name: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 16
+- name: International Day of Peace
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 21
+- name: International Day of Older Persons
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 1
+10: 
+- name: World Space Week
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 4
+- name: World Teachers' Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 5
+- name: World Habitat Day
+  week: 1
+  regions: [un]
+  wday: 1
+- name: International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
+  week: 2
+  regions: [un]
+  wday: 3
+- name: World Post Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 9
+- name: World Mental Health Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 10
+- name: World Food Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 16
+- name: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 17
+- name: United Nations Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 24
+- name: World Development Information Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 24
+- name: Disarmament Week
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 24
+11: 
+- name: International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 6
+- name: International Day for Tolerance
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 16
+- name: Africa Industrialization Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 20
+- name: Universal Children's Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 20
+- name: World Television Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 21
+- name: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 25
+- name: International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 29
+12: 
+- name: World AIDS Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 1
+- name: International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 2
+- name: International Day of Disabled Persons
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 3
+- name: International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 5
+- name: International Civil Aviation Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 7
+- name: Human Rights Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 10
+- name: International Migrants Day
+  regions: [un]
+  mday: 18

data/data/ups.yaml

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+# UPS holiday definitions for the Ruby Holiday gem.
+#
+# By Tim Anglade
+#
+# Updated: 2008-09-23.
+# Source:  http://www.ups.com/content/us/en/resources/ship/imp_exp/operation.html
+--- 
+months:
+  1: 
+  - name: New Year's Day
+    regions: [ups]
+    mday: 1
+    observed: to_weekday_if_weekend
+  5: 
+  - name: Memorial Day
+    week: -1
+    regions: [ups]
+    wday: 1
+  7: 
+  - name: Independence Day
+    regions: [ups]
+    mday: 4
+    observed: to_weekday_if_weekend
+  9: 
+  - name: Labor Day
+    week: 1
+    regions: [ups]
+    wday: 1
+  11: 
+  - name: Thanksgiving
+    week: 4
+    regions: [ups]
+    wday: 4
+  - name: Day After Thanksgiving
+    week: 4
+    regions: [ups]
+    wday: 5
+  12: 
+  - name: Christmas Day
+    regions: [ups]
+    mday: 25
+    observed: to_weekday_if_weekend
+  - name: New Year's Eve
+    regions: [ups]
+    mday: 31
+tests: |
+    {Date.civil(2008,1,1) => 'New Year\'s Day', 
+     Date.civil(2008,5,26) => 'Memorial Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,7,4) => 'Independence Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,9,1) => 'Labor Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,11,27) => 'Thanksgiving',
+     Date.civil(2008,11,28) => 'Day After Thanksgiving',
+     Date.civil(2008,12,25) => 'Christmas Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,12,31) => 'New Year\'s Eve',}.each do |date, name|
+      assert_equal name, Holidays.on(date, :ups)[0][:name]
+    end

data/data/us.yaml

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+# United States holiday definitions for the Ruby Holiday gem.
+#
+# Updated: 2008-11-24.
+# Source:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
+--- 
+months:
+  0: 
+  - name: Good Friday
+    regions: [us]
+    function: easter(year)-2
+    type: informal
+  1: 
+  - name: New Year's Day
+    regions: [us]
+    mday: 1
+    observed: to_weekday_if_weekend
+  - name: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
+    week: 3
+    regions: [us]
+    wday: 1
+  - name: Inauguration Day
+    function: us_inauguration_day(year)
+    regions: [us_dc]
+  2: 
+  - name: Presidents' Day
+    week: 3
+    regions: [us]
+    wday: 1
+  5: 
+  - name: Memorial Day
+    week: -1
+    regions: [us]
+    wday: 1
+  7: 
+  - name: Independence Day
+    regions: [us]
+    mday: 4
+    observed: to_weekday_if_weekend
+  9: 
+  - name: Labor Day
+    week: 1
+    regions: [us]
+    wday: 1
+  10: 
+  - name: Columbus Day
+    week: 2
+    regions: [us]
+    wday: 1
+  11: 
+  - name: Veterans Day
+    regions: [us]
+    mday: 11
+    observed: to_weekday_if_weekend
+  - name: Thanksgiving
+    week: 4
+    regions: [us]
+    wday: 4
+  12: 
+  - name: Christmas Day
+    regions: [us]
+    mday: 25
+    observed: to_weekday_if_weekend
+methods:
+  us_inauguration_day: |
+    # January 20, every fourth year, following Presidential election
+    def self.us_inauguration_day(year)
+      year % 4 == 1 ? 20 : nil
+    end
+tests: |
+    {Date.civil(2008,1,1) => 'New Year\'s Day', 
+     Date.civil(2008,1,21) => 'Martin Luther King, Jr. Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,2,18) => 'Presidents\' Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,5,26) => 'Memorial Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,7,4) => 'Independence Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,9,1) => 'Labor Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,10,13) => 'Columbus Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,11,11) => 'Veterans Day',
+     Date.civil(2008,11,27) => 'Thanksgiving',
+     Date.civil(2008,12,25) => 'Christmas Day'}.each do |date, name|
+      assert_equal name, Holidays.on(date, :us)[0][:name]
+    end

data/data/za.yaml

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+# South African holiday definitions for the Ruby Holiday gem.
+#
+# Updated: 2008-11-29.
+# Sources:
+# - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_South_Africa
+# - http://www.info.gov.za/aboutsa/holidays.htm
+--- 
+months:
+  0: 
+  - name: Good Friday
+    regions: [za]
+    function: easter(year)-2
+  - name: Family Day
+    regions: [za]
+    function: easter(year)+1
+  1: 
+  - name: New Year's Day
+    regions: [za]
+    mday: 1
+    observed: to_monday_if_sunday
+  3: 
+  - name: Human Rights Day
+    regions: [za]
+    mday: 21
+    observed: to_monday_if_sunday
+  4: 
+  - name: Freedom Day
+    regions: [za]
+    mday: 27
+    observed: to_monday_if_sunday
+  5: 
+  - name: Workers Day
+    regions: [za]
+    mday: 1
+    observed: to_monday_if_sunday
+  6:
+  - name: Youth Day
+    regions: [za]
+    mday: 16
+    observed: to_monday_if_sunday
+  8: 
+  - name: National Women's Day
+    regions: [za]
+    mday: 9
+    observed: to_monday_if_sunday
+  9: 
+  - name: Heritage Day
+    regions: [za]
+    mday: 24
+    observed: to_monday_if_sunday
+  12: 
+  - name: Day of Reconciliation
+    regions: [za]
+    mday: 16
+    observed: to_monday_if_sunday
+  - name: Christmas Day
+    regions: [za]
+    mday: 25
+    observed: to_monday_if_sunday
+  - name: Day of Goodwill
+    regions: [za]
+    mday: 26
+    observed: to_weekday_if_boxing_weekend
+tests: |
+    {Date.civil(2007,1,1) => 'New Year\'s Day', 
+     Date.civil(2007,3,21) => 'Human Rights Day', 
+     Date.civil(2007,4,6) => 'Good Friday',
+     Date.civil(2007,4,9) => 'Family Day',
+     Date.civil(2007,4,27) => 'Freedom Day',
+     Date.civil(2007,5,1) => 'Workers Day',
+     Date.civil(2007,6,16) => 'Youth Day',
+     Date.civil(2007,8,9) => 'National Women\'s Day',
+     Date.civil(2007,9,24) => 'Heritage Day',
+     Date.civil(2007,12,16) => 'Day of Reconciliation',
+     Date.civil(2007,12,25) => 'Christmas Day',
+     Date.civil(2007,12,26) => 'Day of Goodwill'}.each do |date, name|
+      assert_equal name, Holidays.on(date, :za, :informal)[0][:name]
+    end

data/lib/holidays.rb

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+$:.unshift File.dirname(__FILE__)
+
+require 'digest/md5'
+require 'date'
+
+# == Region options
+# Holidays can be defined as belonging to one or more regions and sub regions.
+# The Holidays#on, Holidays#between, Date#holidays and Date#holiday? methods
+# each allow you to specify a specific region.
+#
+# There are several different ways that you can specify a region:
+#
+# [<tt>:region</tt>]
+#   By region. For example, return holidays in the Canada with <tt>:ca</tt>.
+# [<tt>:region_</tt>]
+#   By region and sub regions. For example, return holidays in Germany
+#   and all its sub regions with <tt>:de_</tt>.
+# [<tt>:region_sub</tt>]
+#   By sub region. Return national holidays in Spain plus holidays in Spain's 
+#   Valencia region with <tt>:es_v</tt>.
+# [<tt>:any</tt>]
+#   Any region.  Return holidays from any loaded region.
+#
+# == Other options
+# [<tt>:observed</tt>]    Return holidays on the day they are observed (e.g. on a Monday if they fall on a Sunday).
+# [<tt>:informal</tt>]    Include informal holidays (e.g. Valentine's Day)
+#
+# == Examples
+# Return all holidays in the <tt>:ca</tt> and <tt>:us</tt> regions on the day that they are
+# observed.
+#
+#   Holidays.between(from, to, :ca, :us, :observed)
+#
+# Return all holidays in <tt>:ca</tt> and any <tt>:ca</tt> sub-region.
+#
+#   Holidays.between(from, to, :ca_)
+#
+# Return all holidays in <tt>:ca_bc</tt> sub-region (which includes the <tt>:ca</tt>), including informal holidays.
+#
+#   Holidays.between(from, to, :ca_bc, :informal)
+module Holidays
+  # Exception thrown when an unknown region is requested.
+  class UnkownRegionError < ArgumentError; end
+
+  VERSION = '0.9.2'
+
+  @@regions = []
+  @@holidays_by_month = {}
+  @@proc_cache = {}
+
+  WEEKS = {:first => 1, :second => 2, :third => 3, :fourth => 4, :fifth => 5, :last => -1}
+  MONTH_LENGTHS = [31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31]
+  DAY_SYMBOLS = Date::DAYNAMES.collect { |n| n.downcase.intern }
+
+  # Get all holidays on a given date.
+  #
+  # [<tt>date</tt>]     A Date object.
+  # [<tt>:options</tt>] One or more region symbols, <tt>:informal</tt> and/or <tt>:observed</tt>.
+  #
+  # Returns an array of hashes or nil. See Holidays#between for the output 
+  # format.
+  #
+  # Also available via Date#holidays.
+  def self.on(date, *options)
+    self.between(date, date, options)
+  end
+
+  # Get all holidays occuring between two dates, inclusively.
+  #
+  # Returns an array of hashes or nil.
+  #
+  # Each holiday is returned as a hash with the following fields:
+  # [<tt>start_date</tt>]  Ruby Date object.
+  # [<tt>end_date</tt>]    Ruby Date object.
+  # [<tt>options</tt>]     One or more region symbols, <tt>:informal</tt> and/or <tt>:observed</tt>.
+  #
+  # ==== Example
+  #   from = Date.civil(2008,7,1)
+  #   to   = Date.civil(2008,7,31)
+  #
+  #   Holidays.between(from, to, :ca, :us)
+  #   => [{:name => 'Canada Day', :regions => [:ca]...}
+  #       {:name => 'Independence Day'', :regions => [:us], ...}]
+  def self.between(start_date, end_date, *options)
+    regions, observed, informal = parse_options(options)
+    holidays = []
+
+    dates = {}
+    (start_date..end_date).each do |date|
+      # Always include month '0' for variable-month holidays
+      dates[date.year] = [0] unless dates[date.year]      
+      # TODO: test this, maybe should push then flatten
+      dates[date.year] << date.month unless dates[date.year].include?(date.month)
+    end
+
+    dates.each do |year, months|
+      months.each do |month|
+        next unless hbm = @@holidays_by_month[month]
+
+        hbm.each do |h|
+          next unless in_region?(regions, h[:regions])
+          
+          # Skip informal holidays unless they have been requested
+          next if h[:type] == :informal and not informal
+          
+          if h[:function]
+            # Holiday definition requires a calculation
+            result = call_proc(h[:function], year)
+            
+            # Procs may return either Date or an integer representing mday
+            if result.kind_of?(Date)
+              month = result.month
+              mday = result.mday
+            else
+              mday = result
+            end
+          else
+            # Calculate the mday
+            mday = h[:mday] || Date.calculate_mday(year, month, h[:week], h[:wday])
+          end
+
+          # Silently skip bad mdays
+          begin
+            date = Date.civil(year, month, mday)
+          rescue; next; end
+
+          # If the :observed option is set, calculate the date when the holiday
+          # is observed.
+          if observed and h[:observed]
+            date = call_proc(h[:observed], date)
+          end
+
+          if date.between?(start_date, end_date)
+            holidays << {:date => date, :name => h[:name], :regions => h[:regions]}
+          end
+
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    holidays
+  end
+
+  # Merge a new set of definitions into the Holidays module.
+  #
+  # This method is automatically called when including holiday definition
+  # files.
+  def self.merge_defs(regions, holidays) # :nodoc:
+    @@regions = @@regions | regions
+    @@regions.uniq!
+    
+    holidays.each do |month, holiday_defs|
+      @@holidays_by_month[month] = [] unless @@holidays_by_month[month]
+      holiday_defs.each do |holiday_def|
+
+          exists = false
+          @@holidays_by_month[month].each do |ex|
+            # TODO: gross.
+            if ex[:name] == holiday_def[:name] and ex[:wday] == holiday_def[:wday] and ex[:mday] == holiday_def[:mday] and ex[:week] == holiday_def[:week] and ex[:function_id] == holiday_def[:function_id] and ex[:type] == holiday_def[:type] and ex[:observed_id] == holiday_def[:observed_id]
+              # append regions
+              ex[:regions] << holiday_def[:regions]
+              
+              # Should do this once we're done
+              ex[:regions].flatten!
+              ex[:regions].uniq!
+              exists = true
+            end
+          end
+          
+          @@holidays_by_month[month] << holiday_def  unless exists            
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Get the date of Easter Sunday in a given year.  From Easter Sunday, it is
+  # possible to calculate many traditional holidays in Western countries.
+  # Returns a Date object.
+  def self.easter(year)
+    y = year
+    a = y % 19
+    b = y / 100
+    c = y % 100
+    d = b / 4
+    e = b % 4
+    f = (b + 8) / 25
+    g = (b - f + 1) / 3
+    h = (19 * a + b - d - g + 15) % 30
+    i = c / 4
+    k = c % 4
+    l = (32 + 2 * e + 2 * i - h - k) % 7
+    m = (a + 11 * h + 22 * l) / 451
+    month = (h + l - 7 * m + 114) / 31
+    day = ((h + l - 7 * m + 114) % 31) + 1
+    Date.civil(year, month, day)
+  end
+
+  # Move date to Monday if it occurs on a Sunday.
+  # Used as a callback function.
+  def self.to_monday_if_sunday(date)
+    date += 1 if date.wday == 0
+    date
+  end
+
+  # Move date to Monday if it occurs on a Saturday on Sunday.
+  # Used as a callback function.
+  def self.to_monday_if_weekend(date)
+    date += 1 if date.wday == 0
+    date += 2 if date.wday == 6
+    date
+  end
+
+  # Move Boxing Day if it falls on a weekend, leaving room for Christmas.
+  # Used as a callback function.
+  def self.to_weekday_if_boxing_weekend(date)
+    date += 2 if date.wday == 6 or date.wday == 0
+    date
+  end
+
+  # Move date to Monday if it occurs on a Sunday or to Friday if it occurs on a
+  # Saturday.
+  # Used as a callback function.
+  def self.to_weekday_if_weekend(date)
+    date += 1 if date.wday == 0
+    date -= 1 if date.wday == 6
+    date
+  end
+
+private
+  # Returns [(arr)regions, (bool)observed, (bool)informal]
+  def self.parse_options(*options) # :nodoc:
+    options.flatten!
+    observed = options.delete(:observed) ? true : false
+    informal = options.delete(:informal) ? true : false
+    regions = parse_regions(options)
+    return regions, observed, informal
+  end
+
+  # Check regions against list of supported regions and return an array of 
+  # symbols.
+  #
+  # If a wildcard region is found (e.g. <tt>:ca_</tt>) it is expanded into all
+  # of its available sub regions.
+  def self.parse_regions(regions) # :nodoc:
+    regions = [regions] unless regions.kind_of?(Array)
+    return [:any] if regions.empty?
+
+    regions = regions.collect { |r| r.to_sym }
+
+    # Found sub region wild-card
+    regions.delete_if do |reg|
+      if reg.to_s =~ /_$/
+        regions << @@regions.select { |dr| dr.to_s =~ Regexp.new("^#{reg}") }
+        true
+      end
+    end
+
+    regions.flatten!
+
+    raise UnkownRegionError unless regions.all? { |r| r == :any or @@regions.include?(r) }
+
+    regions
+  end
+
+  # Check sub regions.
+  #
+  # When request :any, all holidays should be returned.
+  # When requesting :ca_bc, holidays in :ca or :ca_bc should be returned.
+  # When requesting :ca, holidays in :ca but not its subregions should be returned.
+  def self.in_region?(requested, available) # :nodoc:
+    return true if requested.include?(:any)
+    
+    # When an underscore is encountered, derive the parent regions
+    # symbol and include both in the requested array.
+    requested = requested.collect do |r|
+      r.to_s =~ /_/ ? [r, r.to_s.gsub(/_[\w]*$/, '').to_sym] : r
+    end
+
+    requested = requested.flatten.uniq
+
+    available.any? { |avail| requested.include?(avail) }
+  end
+
+  # Call a proc function defined in a holiday definition file.
+  #
+  # Procs are cached.
+  #
+  # ==== Benchmarks
+  #
+  # Lookup Easter Sunday, with caching, by number of iterations:
+  # 
+  #       user     system      total        real
+  # 0001  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000000)
+  # 0010  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000000)
+  # 0100  0.078000   0.000000   0.078000 (  0.078000)
+  # 1000  0.641000   0.000000   0.641000 (  0.641000)
+  # 5000  3.172000   0.015000   3.187000 (  3.219000)
+  # 
+  # Lookup Easter Sunday, without caching, by number of iterations:
+  # 
+  #       user     system      total        real
+  # 0001  0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.000000)
+  # 0010  0.016000   0.000000   0.016000 (  0.016000)
+  # 0100  0.125000   0.000000   0.125000 (  0.125000)
+  # 1000  1.234000   0.000000   1.234000 (  1.234000)
+  # 5000  6.094000   0.031000   6.125000 (  6.141000)
+  def self.call_proc(function, year) # :nodoc:
+    proc_key = Digest::MD5.hexdigest("#{function.to_s}_#{year.to_s}")
+    @@proc_cache[proc_key] = function.call(year) unless @@proc_cache[proc_key]
+    @@proc_cache[proc_key]
+  end
+end
+
+# === Extending Ruby's Date class with the Holidays gem
+# The Holidays gem automatically extends Ruby's Date class and gives you access
+# to three new methods: holiday?, #holidays and #calculate_mday.
+#
+# ==== Examples
+# Lookup Canada Day in the <tt>:ca</tt> region
+#   Date.civil(2008,7,1).holiday?(:ca)
+#   => true
+#
+# Lookup Canada Day in the <tt>:fr</tt> region
+#   Date.civil(2008,7,1).holiday?(:fr)
+#   => false
+#
+# Lookup holidays on North America in January 1.
+#   Date.civil(2008,1,1).holidays(:ca, :mx, :us, :informal, :observed)
+#   => [{:name => 'New Year\'s Day'...}]
+class Date
+  include Holidays
+
+  # Get holidays on the current date.
+  #
+  # Returns an array of hashes or nil. See Holidays#between for options
+  # and the output format.
+  #
+  #   Date.civil('2008-01-01').holidays(:ca_)
+  #   => [{:name => 'New Year\'s Day',...}]
+  #
+  # Also available via Holidays#on.
+  def holidays(*options)
+    Holidays.on(self, options)
+  end
+
+  # Check if the current date is a holiday.
+  #
+  # Returns true or false.
+  #
+  #   Date.civil('2008-01-01').holiday?(:ca)
+  #   => true
+  def holiday?(*options)
+    holidays = self.holidays(options)
+    holidays && !holidays.empty?
+  end
+
+  # Calculate day of the month based on the week number and the day of the 
+  # week.
+  #
+  # ==== Parameters
+  # [<tt>year</tt>]  Integer.
+  # [<tt>month</tt>] Integer from 1-12.
+  # [<tt>week</tt>]  One of <tt>:first</tt>, <tt>:second</tt>, <tt>:third</tt>,
+  #                  <tt>:fourth</tt>, <tt>:fifth</tt> or <tt>:last</tt>.
+  # [<tt>wday</tt>]  Day of the week as an integer from 0 (Sunday) to 6
+  #                  (Saturday) or as a symbol (e.g. <tt>:monday</tt>).
+  #
+  # Returns an integer.
+  #
+  # ===== Examples
+  # First Monday of January, 2008:
+  #   Date.calculate_mday(2008, 1, :first, :monday)
+  #   => 7
+  #
+  # Third Thursday of December, 2008:
+  #   Date.calculate_mday(2008, 12, :third, :thursday)
+  #   => 18
+  #
+  # Last Monday of January, 2008:
+  #   Date.calculate_mday(2008, 1, :last, 1)
+  #   => 28
+  #--
+  # see http://www.irt.org/articles/js050/index.htm
+  def self.calculate_mday(year, month, week, wday)
+    raise ArgumentError, "Week parameter must be one of Holidays::WEEKS (provided #{week})." unless WEEKS.include?(week) or WEEKS.has_value?(week)
+
+    unless wday.kind_of?(Numeric) and wday.between?(0,6) or DAY_SYMBOLS.index(wday)
+      raise ArgumentError, "Wday parameter must be an integer between 0 and 6 or one of Date::DAY_SYMBOLS."
+    end
+
+    week = WEEKS[week] if week.kind_of?(Symbol)
+    wday = DAY_SYMBOLS.index(wday) if wday.kind_of?(Symbol)
+
+    # :first, :second, :third, :fourth or :fifth
+    if week > 0
+      return ((week - 1) * 7) + 1 + ((7 + wday - Date.civil(year, month,(week-1)*7 + 1).wday) % 7)
+    end
+    
+    days = MONTH_LENGTHS[month-1]
+
+    days = 29 if month == 1 and Date.civil(year,1,1).leap?
+      
+    return days - ((Date.civil(year, month, days).wday - wday + 7) % 7)
+  end
+end