R: Find Weekends and Holidays in a Chron or Dates Object

is.holiday {chron}

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Find Weekends and Holidays in a Chron or Dates Object

Description

Determine the date represented by a chron or dates object is a weekend or a holiday.

Usage

is.weekend(x)
is.holiday(x, holidays)
.Holidays

Arguments

`x`	an object inheriting from `"dates"`, or coercible to `"chron"`.
`holidays`	optional `"chron"` or `"dates"` object listing holidays. If argument `holidays` is missing, either the value of the object `.Holidays` (if it exists) or `NULL` will be used.

Value

a logical object indicating whether the corresponding date is a weekend in the case of is.weekend() or a holiday in the case of is.holiday().

Examples

dts <- dates("01/01/98") + trunc(365 * runif(50))
table(is.weekend(dts))

.Holidays
# New Year Memorial Indepen. Labor day Thanksgiving Christmas 
# 01/01/92 05/25/92 07/04/92  09/07/92     11/26/92  12/25/92
# NOTE:  Only these 6 holidays from 1992 are defined by default!