On Mon, Jan 04, 2016 at 06:40:13PM +0000, Mark Carroll wrote: > On 04 Jan 2016, Jason McIntyre wrote: > > > traditionally the 2nd was described as a bank holiday. now banks are > > open on this day. some businesses shut. > > It still is a bank holiday, see > https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays#scotland > > Neither my Dundee employer nor my bank (Clydesdale) were open for it. >
well i did say it depends who you work for. > > let's just leave it that for people on this calendar, 31st is hogmany > > and the 1st is new year's day. days off are no longer inviolate/ > > The calendar does list others though, like St Andrew's Day. > > -- Mark > yes, fair point. since the extra day is already listed (albeit on the wrong day) i guess craig's diff is probably ok for the first hunk. i don;t really like it though - it looks as if we celebrate new year's day on the second, not the first. it is a holiday for some, but calendar is not so much concerned about designated days off (please no one mail me exceptions). i'd rather just zap it to be honest. jmc
