Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Wed Apr 14 17:33:31 CDT 2004
On 14 Apr 2004 at 21:14, Gustav Brock wrote: > Hi all > > What is the meaning of the column "Day Observed" here: > The day that people actually "have off" > http://www.usembassy.org.uk/ukpubhol.html > > Look for example at the second and third last entry. > Where a holiday falls on a non-working day, they take another day off "in lieu". ie "New Year’s Day January 1, 2005 Friday, December 31, 2004" New Years Day is a defined holiday which falls on 1 January. Since that falls on a Saturday, they are taking the Friday off. Similarly, because Christmas and Boxing Day fall on Saturday and Sunday, they are taking Monday and Tuesday off. -- Lexacorp Ltd http://www.lexacorp.com.pg Information Technology Consultancy, Software Development,System Support.