In England and Wales in 2016, the Christmas and Boxing Day bank holidays happen in the wrong order: https://www.gov.uk/bank-holidays
-
Monday 26 December 2016: Boxing Day bank holiday Tuesday 27 December 2016: Christmas Day bank holiday
Subtle algorithmic implications: "If a bank holiday is on a weekend, a ‘substitute’ weekday becomes a bank holiday, normally the Monday"
-
-
If a BH *doesn't* fall on a weekend, as Boxing Day does in 2016, we do *not* move it. Christmas must be slotted in on the second pass
-
Of course the really insane edge case is when Good Friday falls on a weekend
- 1 more reply
New conversation -
-
-
@qntm bank holidays are the first workday that falls on or after the date, where later holidays happen first when the first workday overlaps -
@qntm (sorry, seeing if i could fit that unambiguously into a tweet and it's hard and i likely missed something) - 1 more reply
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.