Copied over from polish_holidays.py

uk_holidays.py

import calendar
from datetime import date, timedelta
from dateutil import easter
from dateutil.relativedelta import *

def get_holidays(year):
    """ 
    Returns UK hollidays dates (legally considered non-working days) 
    Take a year argument, i.e year=2010
    """
    easter_sunday = easter.easter(year)
    
    holidays = {'New Year': date(year,1,1),
                'Good Friday' : easter_sunday + timedelta(days=-2),
                'Easter Sunday': easter_sunday,
                'Easter Monday': easter_sunday + timedelta(days=1),
                'Early May Bank Holiday': datetime.datetime(year, 5, 1)+relativedelta(weekday=MO), #First Monday of May
                'Spring Bank Holiday': datetime.datetime(year, 5, 31) + relativedelta(weekday=MO(-1)), #Last Monday of May
                'Summer Bank Holiday': datetime.datetime(year, 8, 31) + relativedelta(weekday=MO(-1)), # Last Monday of August
                'Christmas  Day': date(year, 12, 25),
                'Boxing Day': date(year, 12, 26),
                }
    return holidays