[ANNOUNCEMENT] Date_Holidays-0.14.0 (alpha) Released.

The new PEAR package Date_Holidays-0.14.0 (alpha) has been released at http://pear.php.net/. Release notes ------------- - Switched from using INI files for translation to XML files - Added script to convert INI files to XML files - Added script to compile XML based language files - Holidays can now have various properties (see "languagefile-with-properties.xml" in examples-directory) - removed "againstNoiseDay" !BC break! from Germany driver, cannot be calculated automatically - new driver-methods: = addCompiledTranslationFile(), allows adding compiled language-data files for performance improvements = getHolidaysForDatespan(), returns holidays within a given time span - several bugfixes - Added filters for german federal states (contributed by Mark Wiesemann) Package Info ------------- Date_Holidays helps you calculating the dates and titles of holidays and other special celebrations. The calculation is driver-based so it is easy to add new drivers that calculate a country's holidays. The methods of the class can be used to get a holiday's date and title in various languages. Related Links ------------- Package home: http://pear.php.net/package/Date_Holidays Changelog: http://pear.php.net/package/Date_Holidays/download/0.14.0 Download: http://pear.php.net/get/Date_Holidays-0.14.0.tgz Authors ------------- Carsten Lucke <luckec@php.net> (lead) Stephan Schmidt <schst@php.net> (helper) Mark Wiesemann <wiesemann@php.net> (contributor)