HolidayCollectionAddStandardHolidays Method

public virtual HolidayCollection AddStandardHolidays(
	params Holiday[] additionalDates
)

Public Overridable Function AddStandardHolidays ( 
	ParamArray additionalDates As Holiday()
) As HolidayCollection

public:
virtual HolidayCollection^ AddStandardHolidays(
	... array<Holiday^>^ additionalDates
)

abstract AddStandardHolidays : 
        additionalDates : Holiday[] -> HolidayCollection 
override AddStandardHolidays : 
        additionalDates : Holiday[] -> HolidayCollection 

Parameters

additionalDates  Holiday

An optional set of additional holiday instances to add to the standard set.

Return Value

This adds a standard set of United States holidays to the collection that the author gets to take. If you do not get the same set, you can modify the collection after the call or derive a class and override this method to provide the set that you need.

As an alternative, you could serialize a set of holidays to an XML file and load them from it instead.

Fixed dates are set to be adjusted to not fall on a weekend. The holidays added are as follows:

Juneteenth is not included as its adoption as a recognized federal holiday varies from state to state. It can be added as an additional holiday with an appropriate minimum year.

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