2008/8/27 Kristian Flint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hi everybody, > > I've not been using DateTime for very long and got recommended it by our > hosting partners, really happy with it etc... But I've come across a > situation where I want to do something standardish with it and there > doesn't seem to be any provision for it. The reason I'm mailing the list > is that I'm amazed no-one has done this before which is leading me to a > suspicion that there's a good reason why! > > So, what I want to do is get the the Bank Holidays for the UK and a few > other methods like 'is_this_a_bank_holiday( $dt )' or perhaps something > like 'number_of_working_days_in( $dt1, $dt2 )' to take into account > weekends. And so on as the project I'm working on requires. > Now, the reason I think this is possible is that looking at: > http://www.berr.gov.uk/employment/bank-public-holidays/index.html > The dates don't appear to be particularly random (they all have v.simple > rules) and the only dates I don't really understand, the easter ones, > I'm planning on using DateTime::Event::Easter to help me out. > > Is there anything obvious anyone can see that I'm missing, or any > problems with doing this? I'd imagine I'd call this module > DateTime::Event::BankHolidays::UK|England but I'm getting a bit ahead of > myself now. > > Ta, > > Kristian >
Kristian: I'd create DateTime::Event::ICal objects for the non-easter dates. Dt::E::ICal creates DateTime::Set objects, which provide several methods you might need. Dt::E::Easter also creates Dt::Set objects, and you can do a 'union' of sets to complete your calendar. Please take a look at the docs. I'd be glad to help if you have problems. Flávio S. Glock
