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Python script to detect if it's a UK bank holiday. Requires "holidays" pip package.
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| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| import sys | |
| import holidays | |
| from datetime import date | |
| sys.exit(date.today() not in holidays.England()) |
I've released a better version of this to PyPi as a package: https://pypi.org/project/publicholiday/
which handles all countries supported by: https://pypi.org/project/holidays/
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Many times I've needed to run or not run tasks (cron jobs, bank uploads / reports) with an awareness to bank holidays. A consultancy quoted a lot of money and 3 months to build a java service to do it... Python to the rescue!.