holidays_library_quickstart_country_date_check.py

1from datetime import date
2import holidays
3
4# Select country
5us_holidays = holidays.US()
6
7# Or country and subdivision
8ca_ab_holidays = holidays.country_holidays('CA', subdiv='AB')
9
10# Check if a date is a holiday
11print('2015-01-01' in us_holidays)  # True
12print('2015-01-02' in us_holidays)  # False
13
14# Get the name of the holiday
15print(us_holidays.get('2015-01-01'))  # New Year's Day
16
17# The Holiday class will also work with datetime.date objects
18print(date(2015, 1, 1) in us_holidays)  # True
19
20# View all holidays for a specific year
21for ptr in holidays.US(years=2015).items():
22    print(ptr)