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   27:- module(holidays, [
   28	      todays_holiday/1
   29	  ]).   30
   31:- dynamic current_holiday/2.   32
   33current_holiday(0, none).
 todays_holiday(-Holiday:atom) is det
succeeds if Holiday is 'todays holiday'

This is none on 'ordinary' days, or one of

april_fools_day christmas koningsdag santiklaas

succeeds only within 12 hours either side of April 1

April fools day is a traditional holiday celebrated by playing hoaxes and practical jokes. A common form of this is to substitute nonsensical information where useful info is normally displayed.

Koningsdag is 'Kings day' in the Netherlands Santiklaas is St. Nicholas' feast

/

   59todays_holiday(Holiday) :-
   60	current_holiday(Time, Holiday),
   61	get_time(Now),
   62	Now - Time < 3600, !.
   63todays_holiday(Holiday) :-
   64	year(Year),
   65	todays_holiday(Year, Holiday),
   66	get_time(Now),
   67	retractall(current_holiday(_, _)),
   68	asserta(current_holiday(Now, Holiday)).
   69
   70todays_holiday(YY, april_fools_day) :-
   71	date_between(YY-03-30, 12:00:00,
   72		     YY-04-02, 12:00:00).
   73todays_holiday(YY, christmas) :-
   74	date_between(YY-12-20, 12:00:00,
   75		     YY-12-27, 12:00:00).
   76todays_holiday(YY, koningsdag) :-
   77	date_between(YY-04-26, 12:00:00,
   78		     YY-04-28, 12:00:00).
   79todays_holiday(YY, santiklaas) :-
   80	date_between(YY-12-05, 12:00:00,
   81		     YY-12-06, 12:00:00).
   82todays_holiday(YY, halloween) :-
   83	date_between(YY-10-30, 12:00:00,
   84		     YY-11-01, 12:00:00).
   85todays_holiday(YY, liberation_day) :-
   86	date_between(YY-05-04, 12:00:00,
   87		     YY-05-06, 12:00:00).
   88todays_holiday(YY, carnival) :-
   89	carnival_date(Start, End),
   90	Start = (YY-_-_),
   91	End   = (YY-_-_),
   92	date_between(Start, 12:00:00,
   93		     End,   12:00:00).
   94todays_holiday(YY, chinese_new_year) :-
   95	chinese_new_year_date(Start, End),
   96	Start = (YY-_-_),
   97	End   = (YY-_-_),
   98	date_between(Start, 12:00:00,
   99		     End,   12:00:00).
  100todays_holiday(_, none).
  101
  102carnival_date(2015-2-15, 2015-2-17).
  103carnival_date(2016-2-07, 2016-2-09).
  104carnival_date(2017-2-26, 2017-2-28).
  105carnival_date(2018-2-11, 2018-2-13).
  106carnival_date(2019-3-03, 2019-3-05).
  107carnival_date(2020-2-23, 2020-2-25).
  108carnival_date(2021-2-14, 2021-2-16).
  109carnival_date(2022-2-27, 2022-2-29).
  110carnival_date(2023-2-19, 2023-2-21).
  111carnival_date(2024-2-11, 2025-2-13).
  112carnival_date(2025-3-02, 2025-3-04).
  113
  114chinese_new_year_date(2015-02-19,2015-02-20).
  115chinese_new_year_date(2016-02-08,2016-02-09).
  116chinese_new_year_date(2017-01-28,2017-01-29).
  117chinese_new_year_date(2018-02-16,2018-02-17).
  118chinese_new_year_date(2019-02-05,2019-02-06).
  119chinese_new_year_date(2020-01-25,2020-01-26).
  120chinese_new_year_date(2021-02-12,2021-02-13).
  121chinese_new_year_date(2022-02-01,2022-02-02).
  122chinese_new_year_date(2023-01-22,2023-01-23).
  123chinese_new_year_date(2024-02-10,2024-02-11).
  124chinese_new_year_date(2025-01-29,2025-01-30).
  125chinese_new_year_date(2026-02-17,2026-02-18).
  126chinese_new_year_date(2027-02-06,2027-02-07).
  127chinese_new_year_date(2028-01-26,2028-01-27).
  128chinese_new_year_date(2029-02-13,2029-02-14).
  129chinese_new_year_date(2030-02-03,2030-02-04).
 chinese_new_year_animal(?Year, ?Animal)
Succeeds iff Animal matches the Chinese zodiac animal for Year. /
  136chinese_new_year_animal(2015, 'Sheep').
  137chinese_new_year_animal(2016, 'Monkey').
  138chinese_new_year_animal(2017, 'Rooster').
  139chinese_new_year_animal(2018, 'Dog').
  140chinese_new_year_animal(2019, 'Pig').
  141chinese_new_year_animal(2020, 'Rat').
  142chinese_new_year_animal(2021, 'Ox').
  143chinese_new_year_animal(2022, 'Tiger').
  144chinese_new_year_animal(2023, 'Rabbit').
  145chinese_new_year_animal(2024, 'Dragon').
  146chinese_new_year_animal(2025, 'Snake').
  147chinese_new_year_animal(2026, 'Horse').
  148chinese_new_year_animal(2027, 'Sheep').
  149chinese_new_year_animal(2028, 'Monkey').
  150chinese_new_year_animal(2029, 'Rooster').
  151chinese_new_year_animal(2030, 'Dog').
 year(-Year)
True when Year is the current year
  158year(Year) :-
  159	get_time(Now),
  160	stamp_date_time(Now, Term, 'UTC'),
  161	date_time_value(year, Term, Year).
  162
  163date_between(SDate, STime, EDate, ETime) :-
  164	get_time(Now),
  165	stamp(SDate, STime, Start),  Now >= Start,
  166	stamp(EDate, ETime, End),    Now =< End.
  167
  168stamp(YY-MM-DD, H:M:S, Time) :-
  169	date_time_stamp(date(YY,MM,DD,H,M,S,0,'UTC',-), Time)