I have some scripts that go and grab data, and then do work on that data. They currently look to see if it is a weekend, and if so, they kill themselves quietly.

But if there is a weekday holiday, they will still execute, happily downloading and analyzing duplicate data, blissfully ignorant to their wasted effort.

Specifically I am working with stock market data, and so I would like to add in code that will take into account if "today" is a holiday that the stock markets observe and therefore are closed, meaning the script should die quietly.

I have an account on a Pair server, so I have access to a huge number of modules - I sifted through their list and then popped over to the CPAN Search as well.
I've looked through a bit of the Date::Calendar and its friends, but I'm curious if anyone here knows of:
1) ideally a module that is stock market specific that has holiday info
or
2) a module that is holiday smart (and then I will then add the extra code on my side to be aware of the stock market code)

Thanks!

-Eric



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In reply to Is there a "Holiday" module? by AssFace

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