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Add locale for en-AU #69

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6d61726b760a opened this issue Apr 29, 2021 · 2 comments
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Add locale for en-AU #69

6d61726b760a opened this issue Apr 29, 2021 · 2 comments
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The Australian Government provides public holiday data for both humans

https://info.australia.gov.au/about-australia/special-dates-and-events/public-holidays

and machines

https://data.gov.au/dataset/ds-dga-b1bc6077-dadd-4f61-9f8c-002ab2cdff10/details

@lauft lauft added the help wanted Extra attention is needed label Sep 11, 2021
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mattcen commented Feb 15, 2022

Is there a requirement that all these holidays be described as either fixed or algorithmic, or is it acceptable to just make an API request to data.gov.au and pull down their data?

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lauft commented Feb 15, 2022

In general, Holidata aims to provide its holiday data without the use of any middle party, i.e. we take the holiday definition direclty from its source: the law that defines it.

Looking at data.gov.au you can see in the disclaimer:

The data in this dataset is manually collected and combined in a csv format from the following state and territory portals ... We try our best to ensure that the public holidays are up-to-date and correct, however we cannot guarantee the accuracy due to changing circumstances within each state and territory. ...

If we already have to check the data whether it is correct, we can cut this short by simply implementing the definition provided by the law ourself – and this is what Holidata does.

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