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holidays(4)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLES | SEE ALSO

NAME

holidays- prime/nonprime table for the accounting system

SYNOPSIS

/etc/acct/holidays

DESCRIPTION

The /etc/acct/holidays file describes which hours are considered prime time and which days are 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:

      

current_year prime_start non_prime_start

The remaining non-comment lines define the holidays in the form:

       
month/daycompany_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 each year.

EXAMPLES

Example 1 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