Version 2.5 available now

It is that time again; the time for a new release!

We have two more countries, and for a few countries new holidays are added, or regulations have been revised. Even more importantly, support for PHP 7.3 has been dropped, so all the more reason to upgrade to version 2.5.

The documentation site has undergone a few changes, specifically to support readers with disabilities. And lastly, head over to GitHub Discussions to ask questions or share your ideas.

A big thanks to all of those that have contributed and those supporting Yasumi!

New countries

In this release, we have two new countries added, the countries of Argentina and Turkey. Note that Islamic holidays for Turkey are not yet included. Islamic holidays are a bit more complex, so these will be implemented at a later stage.

Holidays

Germany

• World Children's Day for Thuringia (Germany) is now included.
• Corpus Christi (German: 'Fronleichnam') and All Saints Day (German: 'AllerHeiligen') were classified as Other for states celebrating this day. This was incorrect (or officially changed), and have been corrected to Official.

Canada

• The new National Day for Truth and Reconciliation has been added to the Canada Holiday provider.
• Corrected the calculation of Canada Day in Canada such that, Canada Day is on July 1st if that day is not a Sunday, and July 2nd if July 1st is a Sunday.

United Kingdom

• Mothering Sunday, has been added to the United Kingdom Holiday provider.
• Moved the Spring Bank Holiday to June 2nd and added Platinum Jubilee bank holiday on June 3rd for 2022.

South Korea

• South Korea revised its rules as of June 2021 regarding the calculation of substitution holidays. The South Korea Holiday provider has been adapted accordingly.

USA

• Juneteenth National Independence Day, a new holiday, is now part of the USA Holiday provider.

PHP 7.3

PHP 7.3 is no longer supported as of this version, as 7.3 has reached its end of life. Please refer to the Security and Support Policy for more details on which versions of Yasumi and PHP are supported.

Documentation

A few changes are made to the documentation website. Most notably is the font used on the website: to improve legibility, Inter is chosen for different types of devices, and even more in particular to support visitors with disabilities. For those readers, also the contrast of the hyperlinks is increased and labels are added to some HTML elements that were missing.

• To better understand what versions of Yasumi and PHP are supported, a new page is added. Additionally, instructions how to report security vulnerabilities that you may have discovered in using Yasumi.
• The individual provider pages now include a section at the end of the page, that show what external sources have been used to determine the calculation logic of the holidays.

GitHub Discussions

Sometimes you may have questions or topics to discuss that do not immediately require an issue or pull request. GitHub Discussions is now active as a place for you to ask those questions, or share your awesome ideas on Yasumi.

The above are the most noteworthy changes: for a complete list, check the Changelog that comes with this release. As always, if you notice anything incorrect or have suggestions for enhancements, please log your issue or request on GitHub.

Contributing

Contributions are encouraged and welcome; I am always happy to get feedback or pull requests on GitHub. Create GitHub Issues for bugs and new features and comment on the ones you are interested in.

If you enjoy what I am making, an extra cup of coffee is very much appreciated. Your support helps me to put more time into Open-Source Software projects like this.