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Name

holidays - prime/nonprime table for the accounting system

Synopsis


/etc/acct/holidays

Description

The /etc/acct/holidays file describes which hours are considered prime time and which days are holidays. Holidays and weekends are considered non-prime time hours. /etc/acct/holidays is used by the accounting system.

All lines beginning with an "*" are comments.

The /etc/acct/holidays 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:

current_year    prime_start    non_prime_start

The remaining non-comment lines define the holidays in the form:

month/day    company_holiday

Of these two fields, only the month/day is actually used by the accounting system programs.

The /etc/acct/holidays file must be updated each year.

Examples

The following is an example of the /etc/acct/holidays file: 


    * 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

See Also

acct(1M)

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