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hansott/holidays
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Returns the holidays for a country

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Since Jul 23Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Holidays
========

[](#holidays)

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Returns the holidays for a country.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Via Composer

```
$ composer require hansott/holidays
```

Supported countries and locales
-------------------------------

[](#supported-countries-and-locales)

- Belgium (BEL)
    - be-nl

Your country and/or locale not in the list? Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
use HansOtt\Holiday\Factory;
use HansOtt\Holiday\Calendar\Year;

$factory = Factory::create();
$calendar = $factory->getCalendar('BEL');
$translator = $factory->getTranslator('BEL', 'nl-be');

$year = Year::current();
// or $year = new Year(2016);
$holidays = $calendar->getHolidays($year);
foreach ($holidays as $holiday) {
    $name = $translator->getName($holiday); // string
    $startsAt = $holiday->beginsAt(); // DateTimeImmutable
    $endsAt = $holiday->endsAt(); // DateTimeImmutable
    $formattedTime = $startsAt->format('l j F Y'); // string
    echo sprintf('%s -> %s', $name, $formattedTime) . PHP_EOL;
}
```

Output:

```
Nieuwjaar -> Friday 1 January 2016
Paasmaandag -> Monday 28 March 2016
Feest Van De Arbeid -> Sunday 1 May 2016
Onze Lieve Heer Hemelvaart -> Monday 11 April 2016
Pinkstermaandag -> Wednesday 18 May 2016
Nationale Feestdag -> Thursday 21 July 2016
Onze Lieve Vrouw Hemelvaart -> Monday 15 August 2016
Allerheiligen -> Tuesday 1 November 2016
Wapenstilstand -> Friday 11 November 2016
Kerstmis -> Sunday 25 December 2016

```

Change log
----------

[](#change-log)

Please see [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md) for more information what has changed recently.

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

```
$ composer test
```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Please see [CONTRIBUTING](CONTRIBUTING.md) and [CONDUCT](CONDUCT.md) for details.

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email **hansott at hotmail be** instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Hans Ott](https://github.com/hansott)
- [All Contributors](../../contributors)

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3629d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3886384?v=4)[Hans Ott](/maintainers/hansott)[@hansott](https://github.com/hansott)

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Top Contributors

[![hansott](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3886384?v=4)](https://github.com/hansott "hansott (13 commits)")

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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