Feriados

Create a calendar and add it rules for holidays.

Install

gem install feriados

How to use it

A rule is an object that responds to holiday?(date) and name. There are four kinds of rules included in Feriados:

DayOfMonth

DayOfMonth is a holiday that occurs the same day and month every year, like New Year.

require 'feriados'

calendar = Feriados::Calendar.new

calendar.add Feriados::Rules::DayOfMonth.new(1, 1, 'New Year')

date = Date.new(2020, 1, 1)

calendar.holiday?(date) #=> true

calendar.holiday_name(date) #=> New Year

FixWeekDay

FixWeekDay is a holiday that happens each year the same week day the nth week, like the fourth Thursday of November.

calendar.add Feriados::Rules::FixWeekDay.new(4, 4, 11, 'Thanksgiving')

date = Date.new(2020, 11, 26)

calendar.holiday?(date) #=> true

calendar.holiday_name(date) #=> Thanksgiving

Function

Function is a holiday that is calculated for every year, like Easter

calendar.add Feriados::Rules::Easter

date = Date.new(2020, 4, 12)

calendar.holiday?(date) #=> true

calendar.holiday_name(date) #=> nil

# You might add a name to easter

Feriados::Rules::Easter.name = 'Easter'

calendar.holiday_name(date) #=> Easter

The other included Functions in Feriados are: HolyThursday, HolyFriday, CarnivalMonday, CarnivalTuesday.

FixDate

FixDate is a holiday that happens on a date on an specific year, like 2020 RubyConf.

calendar.add Feriados::Rules::FixDate.new(2020, 11, 17, 'RubyConf')

date = Date.new(2020, 11, 17)

calendar.holiday?(date) #=> true

calendar.holiday_name(date) #=> RubyConf

Adding rules massively

It is possible to add rules using a Hash.

rules = [{
  month: 1,
  day: 1,
  name: 'New Year'
}, {
  easter: 'Easter'
}, {
  holy_thursday: 'Holy Thursday'
}, {
  holy_friday: 'Holy Friday'
}, {
  carnival_monday: 'Carnival Monday'
}, {
  carnival_tuesday: 'Carnival Tuesday'
}, {
  month: 11,
  day: 4,
  week: 4,
  name: 'Thanksgiving'
}, {
  year: 2020,
  month: 11,
  day: 17,
  name: 'RubyConf'
}]

calendar.load rules

Or you could use a YAML file like test/argentina.yml.

rules = YAML.load_file(file_with_rules)

calendar.load(rules)

Refinements

It is possible to use a refinement for Date class:

require 'feriados'

using Feriados

calendar = Feriados::Calendar.new

calendar.add Feriados::Rules::Easter
Feriados::Rules::Easter.name = 'Easter'

# Set a calendar to Date class
Date.calendar = calendar

Date.new(2020, 4, 12).holiday? #=> true
Date.new(2020, 4, 12).holiday_name #=> Easter

Advanced Calendar Methods

Getting all holidays in a year

calendar = Feriados::Calendar.new
calendar.load(rules)

# Get all holidays in 2025
holidays = calendar.holidays_in_year(2025)
holidays.each do |holiday|
  puts "#{holiday[:date]} - #{holiday[:name]}"
end

Getting holidays in a date range

start_date = Date.new(2025, 3, 1)
end_date = Date.new(2025, 5, 31)

holidays = calendar.holidays_between(start_date, end_date)
# Returns array of {date: Date, name: String}

Finding the next holiday

# Next holiday from today
next_holiday = calendar.next_holiday
# => {date: Date.new(2025, 8, 18), name: "Independence Day"}

# Next holiday from a specific date
next_holiday = calendar.next_holiday(Date.new(2025, 6, 1))
# => {date: Date.new(2025, 6, 20), name: "Flag Day"}