holiday-de v1.1.4

holiday-de

Determine whether a given date is a German holiday

Usage

var holiday = require('holiday-de');

// set the state (Bundesland)
holiday.setState('nw');

// check your dates -> returns true
holiday.isHoliday(new Date(2015, 0, 1));

Footnote: holiday-de plays nice with moment.

List of supported states (Bundesländer)

• bw: Baden-Württemberg
• by: Bayern
• be: Berlin
• bb: Brandenburg
• hb: Bremen
• hh: Hamburg
• he: Hessen
• mv: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• ni: Niedersachsen
• nw: Nordrhein-Westfalen
• rp: Rheinland-Pfalz
• sl: Saarland
• sn: Sachsen
• st: Sachsen-Anhalt
• sh: Schleswig-Holstein
• th: Thüringen

List of supported holidays

• Neujahrstag
• Heilige Drei Könige
• Tag der Arbeit
• Augsburger Friedensfest
• Mariä Himmelfahrt
• Tag der Deutschen Einheit
• Reformationstag
• Allerheiligen
• Heiligabend
• 1. Weihnachtstag
• 2. Weihnachtstag
• Silvester
• Rosenmontag
• Gründonnerstag
• Karfreitag
• Ostersonntag
• Ostermontag
• Christi Himmelfahrt
• Pfingstsonntag
• Pfingstmontag
• Fronleichnam
• Buß- und Bettag

Note that in 2017 Reformationstag is a holiday in all states.

To check which holidays are enabled for a state, call setState() and check the holidays object:

holiday.setState('nw');
console.log(holiday.holidays);

To enable a additional holidays, set them to true in the holidays object:

holiday.holidays.Rosenmontag = true;
holiday.holidays['Augsburger Friedensfest'] = true;

Author

Jonathan Diehl