The Q++ Studio sample database includes international bank and public holidays for all 194 countries and 48 semi-autonomous territories of the world (the current year's data can be viewed online at http://www.qppstudio.net/publicholidays.htm).

 

This database is made up of recurrence rules (such as : Good Friday = 2 days before Easter) so that, in principle, you could use the current database, and Q++, to immediately calculate world holidays for the next 100 or 200 years. However, in real life, the rules for celebrating holidays do change; some are added, some are removed, some are renamed, ... Therefore, the rules that are contained in this sample database are entirely reviewed every summer and a new updated version of this database is available in early September.

 

This new sample database can then be downloaded and imported into your Q++ system, thereby automatically updating the holidays contained in the sample holidays sets. During the year, if we find any errors, we of course advise our users immediately, and propose an appropriate patch. We keep a running list of the changes and corrections to this sample database, and messages inform you when there are minor and major updates available for downloading from the web, from the link http://www.qppstudio.net/download/Q++SampleHolidays.exe.

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Topic 177895 updated on 23-Aug-07 Topic URL: http://www.qppsupport.net/webhelp/index.html?world_holidays_database.htm