HOLIDAYS(5) File Formats and Configurations HOLIDAYS(5)
NAME
holidays - prime/nonprime table for the accounting system
SYNOPSIS
/etc/acct/holidaysDESCRIPTION
The
/etc/acct/holidays file specifies prime time hours and holidays.
Holidays and weekends are considered non-prime time hours.
/etc/acct/holidays is used by the accounting system.
All lines beginning with an
* are comments.
The
/etc/acct/holidays file consists of two sections. The first non-
comment line defines the current year and the start time of prime and
non-prime time hours, in the form of:
current_year prime_start non_prime_start Specify
prime_start and
non_prime_start times in the range of
0000 to
2400.
The remaining non-comment lines define the holidays in the form of:
month/day company_holiday Of these two fields, only the
month/day is actually used by the
accounting system programs.
The
/etc/acct/holidays file must be updated every year.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: An Example of the /etc/acct/holidays File
The following is an example of the
/etc/acct/holidays file:
* Prime/Nonprime Table for the accounting system
*
* Curr Prime Non-Prime
* Year Start Start
*
1991 0830 1800
*
* only the first column (month/day) is significant.
*
* month/day Company Holiday
*
1/1 New Years Day
5/30 Memorial Day
7/4 Indep. Day
9/5 Labor Day
11/24 Thanksgiving Day
11/25 day after Thanksgiving
12/25 Christmas
12/26 day after Christmas
SEE ALSO
acct(8) August 18, 2008 HOLIDAYS(5)
