[kdepimlibs] [Bug 329285] Date for the holiday Ascension is incorrect.

[jmeberlein at gmail.com]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329285

--- Comment #6 from jmeberlein at gmail.com ---
Particularly because I've only ever heard of Catholics moving it, not any
Protestant denominations.


On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 8:15 AM, Justin Eberlein <jmeberlein at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The Ascension is traditionally on the Thursday.  It's only some parts of
> the world (such as Canada, England, Wales, and most of the US) that move it
> to Sunday.  But if we have to pick a single day to put it on for a
> calendar, I would pick the traditional date of 39 days after Easter.
>
> This is actually the page you want for figuring out when it is for a
> particular country (at least to Roman Catholics).  If the Ascension is
> listed under a country's heading, it's on Thursday (39 days).  Otherwise,
> it gets moved to the 7th Sunday of Easter (42 days).
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_day_of_obligation
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Luigi Toscano <luigi.toscano at tiscali.it>
> wrote:
>
>> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=329285
>>
>> --- Comment #4 from Luigi Toscano <luigi.toscano at tiscali.it> ---
>> The same for other countries: the English page of Wikipedia says:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_the_Ascension#Sunday_observance
>>
>> The Italian one also mentions Spain and Portugal:
>>
>> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascensione_di_Ges%C3%B9#Data_della_celebrazione
>>
>> I suggest to revert this commit and investigate more.
>>
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