Allows to define a holiday choosing from a list of pre-specified events, equivalent
to use fixed_day or easter_day functions.
Arguments
- event
the event to add (see details).
- offset
The position of the holiday in relation to the selected pre-specified holiday measured in days (can be positive or negative). By default
offset = 0.- weight
weight associated to the holiday.
- validity
validity period: either
NULL(full sample) or a named list with"start"and/or "end" dates in the format"YYYY-MM-DD".
Details
Possible values :
| NEWYEAR | Fixed holiday, falls on January, 1st. |
| SHROVEMONDAY | Moving holiday, falls on the Monday before Ash Wednesday (48 days before Easter Sunday). |
| SHROVETUESDAY | Moving holiday, falls on the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (47 days before Easter Sunday). |
| ASHWEDNESDAY | Moving holiday, occurring 46 days before Easter Sunday. |
| MAUNDYTHURSDAY | Moving holiday, falls on the Thursday before Easter. |
| GOODFRIDAY | Moving holiday, falls on the Friday before Easter. |
| EASTER | Moving holiday, falls between March 22nd and April 25th. |
| EASTERMONDAY | Moving holiday, falls on the day after Easter. |
| ASCENSION | Moving holiday, celebrated on a Thursday, 39 days after Easter. |
| PENTECOST | Moving holiday, celebrated 49 days after Easter Sunday. |
| WHITMONDAY | Moving holiday, falling on the day after Pentecost. |
| CORPUSCHRISTI | Moving holiday, celebrated 60 days after Easter Sunday. |
| JULIANEASTER | |
| MAYDAY | Fixed holiday, falls on May, 1st. |
| ASSUMPTION | Fixed holiday, falls on August, 15th. |
| HALLOWEEN | Fixed holiday, falls on October, 31st. |
| ALLSAINTSDAY | Fixed holiday, falls on November, 1st. |
| ARMISTICE | Fixed holiday, falls on November, 11th. |
| CHRISTMAS | Fixed holiday, falls on December, 25th. |
References
More information on calendar correction in JDemetra+ online documentation: https://jdemetra-new-documentation.netlify.app/a-calendar-correction
Examples
# To add Easter Monday
special_day("EASTERMONDAY")
#> Prespecified holiday: event=EASTERMONDAY
# To define a holiday for the day after Christmas, with validity and weight
special_day("CHRISTMAS", offset = 1, weight = 0.8,
validity = list(start="2000-01-01", end = "2020-12-01"))
#> Prespecified holiday: event=CHRISTMAS , offset=1 , weight=0.8 , from=2000-01-01 , to=2020-12-01