[Kde-pim] Alternative calendar dates

[John Layt]

On Monday 31 May 2010 13:19:14 Tsvi Mostovicz wrote:
> I'm unaware of the way KDE uses these dates but I would like to point you
> to the following:
> * Some of the publc holidays are defined as such because they actually are
> religious holidays. The reason they're mentioned as public holidays is
> because these days are also mandated by law. Reason this is important is
> for the next point.
> * For Jews outside of Israel some of the religious holidays are observed
> during two days. The following come to mind: Succot, Simchat Torah, Pesach,
> Shavuot and Svii shel Pesach.
> * Also note, Yom Haatsmaut and Yom Hazikaron can be moved a day or two
> earlier or later depending on what day of the week the 5th of Iyar falls.

Thanks Tsvi.

The files are used in KOrganizer and the Plasma desktop calendar to display 
holidays and 'interesting' events.  Mostly this is for information only, but 
in KOrganizer they are also used to help determine working/non-working days to 
shade the day cells and determine free/busy time, so it is important they are 
as accurate as possible.

At the moment this is a very blunt tool, users can only choose a single 
holiday file to use, the file is tied to a specific country or region, and we 
can only mark a holiday as being a day-off or not.

In 4.5 I've improved some of the holiday calculations, including the ability 
to calculate using the Hebrew calendar.  For 4.6 there will be more control 
over holiday classification and types of days-off, separate files for 
religious holidays, the ability to select multiple files to be displayed, what 
holiday types to have as days-off, etc.  So that will give the ability to have 
separate holiday files for Israel and the Diaspora, and cater for any 
differences between orthodox and reform or other variations.

So for 4.5 we only have a file for Israel which includes the official public 
holidays (at least according to Wikipedia) marked as days off ("weekend") and 
a selection of religious holidays for information.  I understand there is some 
personal choice as to which ones an individual or company takes as days off, 
but we can't cope with that as yet.

I am interested in the rules for moving Yom Haatsmaut and Yom Hazikaron as I 
can easily include those in the holiday calculation.

Cheers!

John.
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