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.\" Copyright (c) 2008, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
.TH holidays 4 "18 Aug 2008" "SunOS 5.11" "File Formats"
.SH NAME
holidays \- prime/nonprime table for the accounting system
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/etc/acct/holidays\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fB/etc/acct/holidays\fR file specifies prime time hours and holidays. Holidays and weekends are considered non-prime time hours.
.sp
.LP
\fB/etc/acct/holidays\fR is used by the accounting system.
.sp
.LP
All lines beginning with an \fB*\fR are comments.
.sp
.LP
The \fB/etc/acct/holidays\fR 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:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
\fIcurrent_year\fR \fIprime_start\fR \fInon_prime_start\fR
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
Specify \fIprime_start\fR and \fInon_prime_start\fR times in the range of \fB0000\fR to \fB2400\fR.
.sp
.LP
The remaining non-comment lines define the holidays in the form of:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
\fImonth/day\fR \fIcompany_holiday\fR
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
Of these two fields, only the \fImonth/day\fR is actually used by the accounting system programs.
.sp
.LP
The \fB/etc/acct/holidays\fR file must be updated every year.
.SH EXAMPLES
.LP
\fBExample 1 \fRAn Example of the \fB/etc/acct/holidays\fR File
.sp
.LP
The following is an example of the \fB/etc/acct/holidays\fR file:

.sp
.in +2
.nf
* 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
.fi
.in -2

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
\fBacct\fR(1M)