fixed_day: Set a holiday on a Fixed Day

In palatej/rjd3toolkit: Utility Functions around 'JDemetra+ 3.0'

Set a holiday on a Fixed Day

Description

creates a holiday falling on a fixed day each year, with an optional weight and period of validity, like Christmas which is always celebrated on December 25th.

Usage

fixed_day(month, day, weight = 1, validity = NULL)

Arguments

month, day	the month and the day of the fixed day to add.
weight	weight associated to the holiday.
validity	validity period: either NULL (full sample) or a named list with "start" and/or "end" dates in the format "YYYY-MM-DD".

Value

returns an object of class c("JD3_FIXEDDAY","JD3_HOLIDAY")

References

More information on calendar correction in JDemetra+ online documentation: https://jdemetra-new-documentation.netlify.app/a-calendar-correction

See Also

national_calendar, special_day,easter_day

Examples

day <- fixed_day(7, 21, .9)
day # July 21st, with weight=0.9, on the whole sample
day <- fixed_day(12, 25, .5, validity = list(start = "2010-01-01"))
day # December 25th, with weight=0.5, from January 2010
day <- fixed_day(12, 25, .5, validity = list(start = "1968-02-01", end = "2010-01-01"))
day # December 25th, with weight=0.9, from February 1968 until January 2010

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