# PODNAME: Date::Holidays::GB

=pod

=head1 NAME

Date::Holidays::GB - Determine British holidays - Current UK public and bank holiday dates up to 2028

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use Date::Holidays::GB qw( holidays is_holiday next_holiday );

    # All UK holidays
    my $holidays = holidays( year => 2013 );

    # Holidays in England & Wales and Scotland
    my $holidays = holidays( year => 2013, regions => [ 'EAW', 'SCT' ] );

    if (is_holiday(
            year => 2013, month => 12, day => 25,
            regions => [ 'EAW', 'SCT' ] )
    ) {
        print "No work today!";
    }

    # simpler "date" parameter (from v0.014)
    if ( is_holiday( date => '2013-12-25' ) ) {
        print "No work today!";
    }

    # returns hashref of next holiday dates for regions (default all regions,
    # individually and together)
    my $next_holiday = next_holiday();
    my $next_holiday = next_holiday( 'EAW', 'NIR' );

=head1 DESCRIPTION

A L<Date::Holidays> style package updated with the British bank holiday dates now
published at L<https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays>. Holidays may apply to all
regions, or some combination - see the C<regions> parameter for more details.

N.B. - Dates of future holidays may occasionally be updated after they've been
published.

Module is named with correct ISO-3166-1 code for the United Kingdom: "GB"
(Great Britain)

To just work with holiday days for a single region, use one of the subclasses:
L<Date::Holidays::GB::EAW>, L<Date::Holidays::GB::NIR>, or
L<Date::Holidays::GB::SCT>.

=head1 EXPORTS

Exports C<holidays>, C<is_holiday>, C<next_holiday> on demand.
Also can export the aliases C<gb_holidays>, C<is_gb_holiday>
and C<next_gb_holiday>.

=head1 METHODS

Both C<is_holiday> and C<holidays> take either an argument list or hash of
named arguments.

The named arguments are C<year>, C<month>, C<day>, and C<region>. C<region>
should be either omitted (to search all regions) or an arrayref of the UK
regions that you are interested in, as ISO-3166-2 codes.

The argument list should be in the following order: year, month, day, and
(optionally) regions.

Note that you will need to specify region(s) to make correct use of this
module - Bank Holidays are not the same throughout the UK!

=head2 holidays

    # year, month, day, [regions]
    my $holidays = holidays( @args );

or

    # ( year => ..., month => ..., day => ..., [ regions => \@. .. ] )
    my $holidays = holidays( %args );

Returns hashref of holiday dates, values are a string listing the holiday(s)
taking place on that date, with the region name(s) in parenthesis.

Holidays that occur in all regions are returned with a single canonical name,
taken from the name in England & Wales.

Date keys are in the format MMDD, as per the behaviour of L<Date::Holidays>.

=head2 is_holiday

    # year, month, day, [regions]
    my $holiday = is_holiday( @args );

or

    # date in YYYY-MM-DD format
    # ( date => ..., [ regions => \@. .. ] )
    my $holiday = is_holiday( %args );

or

    # ( year => ..., month => ..., day => ..., [ regions => \@. .. ] )
    my $holiday = is_holiday( %args );

Returns the holiday details (as per C<holidays>) but for a single date.
Returns false if the specified date is not a holiday in the appropriate
region(s).

=head2 next_holiday

    my $next_holiday = next_holiday( @regions );

Returns the holiday details for the next holiday in the specified regions.
If no regions are specified, returns the next holiday dates for all regions.

The C<all> key in the results is the next holiday observed by all regions.

=head2 date_generated

    print Date::Holidays::GB::date_generated;

Prints the date that the data was downloaded, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

=head1 ISO-3166-2 REGION CODES

Valid codes for the regions that make up ISO-3166-1 "GB" are:

=over

=item *

EAW - England & Wales

=item *

SCT - Scotland

=item *

NIR - Northern Ireland

=back

=head1 GENERATING THE DATA

The source for this package is generated via a script, included with the
distribution (C<share/generate_date_holidays_gb.pl>). This downloads the
latest JSON files from L<https://www.gov.uk/>, and could be used to
update/alter the package if necessary.

=head1 SEE ALSO

=over

=item *

L<Date::Holidays>

=item *

L<Date::Holidays::UK> - not currently updated

=item *

L<Date::Holidays::UK::EnglandAndWales> - only England and Wales

=item *

L<Date::Holidays::EnglandWales> - not currently updated

=back

=head1 SUPPORT

=head2 Bugs / Feature Requests

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the issue tracker
at L<https://github.com/mjemmeson/Date-Holidays-GB/issues>.
You will be notified automatically of any progress on your issue.

=head2 Source Code

This is open source software.  The code repository is available for
public review and contribution under the terms of the license.

L<https://github.com/mjemmeson/Date-Holidays-GB>

  git clone https://github.com/mjemmeson/Date-Holidays-GB.git

=head1 AUTHOR

Michael Jemmeson <mjemmeson@cpan.org>

=head1 CONTRIBUTORS

=over

=item Peter Newman (PJNEWMAN)

=item Geraint Edwards (GEDGE)

=back

=head1 COPYRIGHT

This software is copyright (c) 2013-2026 by Michael Jemmeson.

=head1 LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

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