Entry files for the nationalholiday plugin The format is simple. It is a standard xml file. So all tags must closed. A handy tool for checking closed tags is the xmllint utility provided by libxml2. Each xml file is enclosed by: ... Each tag should be follwed by a short description tag: The description will probably be used later on. Follow the description with the enclosure: ... Insert your holidays in either fixed or floating format. A fixed holiday entry has the form: A floating holiday entry has the form: ... calc entries .. The calc entries may have the following tags: date - A short date (without Year!) in the form M-D or the special string "easter" offset - A signed integer. This will added (or substracted) after all other calculations are made. weekday - The day of week as in "monday', "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday", "saturday" or "sunday". dayofmonth - Used in combination with weekday tag. You can use "first", "second", "third", "fourth" or "last". month - Used in combination with weekday and/or dayofmonth eg. "january", "february" and so on. datedep - Used in combination with date and/or weekday, may "before" or "after". example calculation entry: this will calculate sunday before christmas eve or christmas eve itself if it is a sunday. see german.xml or any of the .xml files in this directory for futher examples.