;USA
;Federal presidential constitutional republic
;Official language: None at federal level; National language: English (de facto)

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COMMENT=Updated December 15, 2014 \nadditional days see USA-days \nadditional files for each state available \nIntern. & Worlddays >International Days-english \n(hyperlinks: button Edit list)
;additional days for USA: http://users.telenet.be/wdew/English/Holiday/Holiday_USA-days.txt
;additional files for each state: http://users.telenet.be/wdew/USA.htm
;International days (English) >http://users.telenet.be/wdew/files.htm


TYP=Holy
01.1.*MVD  =New Year's Day             ;Note=if Saturday >Free day on Friday Dec. 31, if Sunday >Free day on Monday Jan. 2
01.1.+3Mo>1985 =#1985th Martin Luther King Day ;Note=1st federal 1986, observed 3th Monday January (Jan. 15)

22.2.<1971     =#1878th Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) ;Note=1st 1879, 1971 >3rd Monday February {m}
01.2.+3Mo>1970 =#1878th Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) ;Note=1st 1879, Pub.L. 90-363, widespread in gov. & fin. sectors {m}

30.5.<1967      =Decoration Day ;Note=since 1866, #1866 years ago, 1967 >off. Memorial Day (first used 1882) {d}
30.5.>1966<1971 =Memorial Day   ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 116, 1971 >last Monday May {d}
31.5.-1Mo>1970  =Memorial Day   ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 116, Pub.L. 90-363 {d}

04.7.*MVD =Independence Day (Fourth of July) ;Note=if Saturday >Free day on Friday July 3, if Sunday >Free day on Monday July 5
01.9.+1Mo =#1893th Labor Day                 ;Note=1st off. holiday 1894 {m}

12.10.<1971     =#1791th Columbus Day Celebration ;Note=1st 1792, 36 U.S.C. § 107, 1971 >2nd Monday October {m}
01.10.+2Mo>1970 =#1791th Columbus Day Celebration ;Note=1st 1792, 36 U.S.C. § 107, Pub.L. 90-363 {m}

30.11.-1Th<1939      =#1788th Thanksgiving Day ;Note=1st 1789, last Thursday November (1863>1938, except 1865 & 1869), 1939 >4th Thursday November {m}
01.11.+4Th>1938<1940 =#1788th Thanksgiving Day ;Note=4th Thursday November (1939), 1940 >3rd Thursday November {m}
;Since a presidential declaration of Thanksgiving Day was not legally binding, Roosevelt's change was widely disregarded. Twenty-three states went along with Roosevelt's recommendation, 22 did not
01.11.+3Th>1939<1942 =#1788th Thanksgiving Day ;Note=3th Thursday November (1940>1941), 1942 >4th Thursday November {m}
;some states went along with the change while others retained the traditional last-Thursday date
01.11.+4Th>1941      =#1788th Thanksgiving Day ;Note=4th Thursday November (1942) {m}

11.11.*MVD>1937<1954 =#1937th Armistice Day ;Note=1st 1938, 1954 >Veterans Day
11.11.*MVD>1953<1971 =#1953th Veterans Day  ;Note=if Saturday >Free day on Friday Nov. 10, if Sunday >Free day on Monday Nov. 12 {d}
01.10.+4Mo>1970<1978 =#1953th Veterans Day  ;Note=Pub.L. 90-363, 1978 >Nov. 11 {d}
11.11.*MVD>1977      =#1953th Veterans Day  ;Note=if Saturday >Free day on Friday Nov. 10, if Sunday >Free day on Monday Nov. 12 {d}

25.12.*MVD =Christmas Day (federal holyday since 1870, #1870 years ago) ;Note=if Saturday >Free day on Friday Dec. 24, if Sunday >Free day on Monday Dec. 26 {d}


TYP=Local
20.1.%1981,4*Lux =Inauguration Day (every fourth year) ;Note=formaly Jan. 20, if Sunday >Takes place on Jan. 21, privately inaugurated on Jan. 20 {d-01-20}
01.11.%1980,2+1Mo+1Tu =Election Day (Federal, even years)         ;Note=Holiday in certain states, all Representatives & 1/3 of the Senate {m}
01.11.%1980,4+1Mo+1Tu =Election Day (Presidential, every 4 years) ;Note=Holiday in certain states, President & Vice-President {m}

;one-off
24.12.>2000<2002 =Federal Public Sector Holiday ;Note=2001, federal civil servants, President George W. Bush
24.12.>2001<2001 =Federal Public Sector Holiday ;Note=2002, federal civil servants, President George W. Bush
26.12.>2002<2004 =Federal Public Sector Holiday ;Note=2003, federal civil servants, President George W. Bush
24.12.>2006<2008 =Federal Public Sector Holiday ;Note=2007, federal civil servants, President George W. Bush
26.12.>2007<2009 =Federal Public Sector Holiday ;Note=2008, federal civil servants, President George W. Bush
24.12.>2008<2010 =Federal Public Sector Holiday ;Note=2009, federal civil servants, President Obama
24.12.>2011<2013 =Federal Public Sector Holiday ;Note=2012, federal civil servants, President Obama
26.12.>2013<2015 =Federal Public Sector Holiday ;Note=2014, federal civil servants, President Obama, excluding the armed forces, Executive Order (Dec. 5, 2014)


TYP=Normal

30.3.-1Su>1917<1920  =Begin of War Time (Daylight Saving) (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=1918 & 1919
;1920>1941, Local decision, various dates
09.2.>1941<1943      =Begin of War Time (Daylight Saving) (2:00 AM local time) year round ;Note=1942, >Sept. 30, 1945
;1946>1966, Local decision, various dates
30.4.-1Su>1966<1974  =Begin of Daylight Saving (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=1967>1973 & 1976>1986
06.1.>1973<1975      =Begin of Daylight Saving (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=1974, Emergency Daylight Time Act
;Southern Idaho and eastern Oregon (Mountain time zone) began DST Sun February 3 02:00
23.2.>1974<1976      =Begin of Daylight Saving (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=1975, Emergency Daylight Time Act
;Michigan exempted, began DST Sun April 27 02:00
30.4.-1Su>1975<1987  =Begin of Daylight Saving (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=1976>1986, 1987 >1st Sunday April
01.4.+1Su>1986<2007  =Begin of Daylight Saving (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=1987>2006, 2007 >2nd Sunday March
01.3.+2Su>2006       =Begin of Daylight Saving (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=since 2007, 1987>2006 1st Sunday April

31.10.-1Su>1917<1920 =End of War Time (Daylight Saving) (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=1918 & 1919
;1920>1941, Local decision, various dates
30.9.>1944<1946      =End of War Time (Daylight Saving) (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=1945, since Feb. 9, 1942 (year round)
;1946>1966, Local decision, various dates
31.10.-1Su>1966<2007 =End of Daylight Saving (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=1967>2006, 2007 >1st Sunday November
01.11.+1Su>2006      =End of Daylight Saving (2:00 AM local time) ;Note=since 2007, 1967>2006 last Sunday October


Es-7Tu =Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras
Es-7We =Ash Wednesday
Es-7Dy =Palm Sunday
Es-2Dy =Good Friday
Es     =Easter Sunday
Es+1Dy =Easter Monday
Es+6Th =Ascension Day
Es+8Su =Pentecost

06.1. =Epiphany
15.1. =Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. ;Note=observed 3th Monday January

02.2. =#1886th Groundhog Day      ;Note=1st 1887 {d}
12.2. =#1891th Lincoln's birthday ;Note=1st 1892 {d}
14.2. =St. Valentine's Day
22.2. =(NS) Washington's Birthday ;Note=observed 3th Monday February, Feb. 11, 1731 (Jul. OS)=Feb. 22, 1732 (Greg. NS) {d}

17.3. =St. Patrick Day

01.4.     =April Fools's Day
30.4.-1Fr =National Arbor Day   ;Note=also different local days in different states {m}

01.5.+2Su =#1913th Mother's Day ;Note=signed by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson on May 14, 1914, 36 U.S.C. § 117 {m}
01.5.     =May Day

01.6.+3Su =Father's Day         ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 109 {d}

19.6.  =Juneteenth (Freedom Day, Emancipation Day) ;Note=#1865th anniversary {d}

12.10. =Columbus Day       ;Note=1492 (OS) Columbus' discovers America, observed 2nd Monday October {d}
24.10. =United Nations Day
31.10. =Halloween          ;Note=36 U.S.C. § 145
01.11. =All Saints' Day

07.12.>1993 =#1993th National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ;Note=1st 1994, 36 U.S.C. § 129 {d}
24.12.-4Su =1st Sunday of Advent
24.12.-3Su =2nd Sunday of Advent
24.12.-2Su =3rd Sunday of Advent
24.12.-1Su =4th Sunday of Advent
24.12.     =Christmas Eve
29.12.     =Massacre at Wounded Knee   ;Note=#1890th anniversary
31.12.     =New Year's Eve


;The entries for USA were added by: elmue(a)gmx.de
;The entries for USA-days are maintained by: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com - http://users.telenet.be/wdew/
;On http://users.telenet.be/wdew/ you find a library of additional files for PTBSync
;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holidays
;http://www.opm.gov/fedhol/
;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_time_in_the_United_States