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July 4

vr.tr.july-4 · XCT.TME

Let an agent handle July 4 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle July 4 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

July 4, day 185 (day 186 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 180 days remaining in both common and leap years. July 4 is Independence Day in the United States and Republic Day in the Philippines; other observances vary by country and tradition.

What it is for: A calendar date for scheduling, holidays and anniversaries.

It can be compute its weekday in a given year; check local and international observances; find sourced historical events; schedule events.

Distinguishing features

The fourth day of July

Weekday varies by year

Observances vary by place

Julian and Gregorian dates differ by 13 days in this era

What it looks like

A date on calendars.

Physical character

day of year: 185 or 186 day - common year, leap year where different

days remaining: 180 days

How it is recognised

Written 4 July or July 4

ISO format --07-04

Observances vary by country and tradition

Related models

is part of - month

July

follows - date

July 3

is a kind of - category

calendar date

is expressed in - notation

ISO 8601

In practice

Families and kinds

the recurring calendar date

specific dated days in given years

Identifiers

ISO 8601 --07-04 recurring date

Standards and regulation

ISO 8601

National public holiday laws

Failure modes and hazards

Assuming observances are universal

Unsourced on-this-day events

Mixing Julian and Gregorian dates

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Date Calendar facts.

Calendar arithmetic.

Weekday

Computation.

Weekday

Weekday.

  1. On which weekday does July 4 fall in this year? measurement
  2. Is it a leap year? boundary

Calendar

Julian or Gregorian.

Calendar

Calendar system.

  1. Is the Julian or Gregorian calendar meant? boundary
  2. What is the equivalent date in the other calendar? measurement
Observances Holidays.

Observances vary.

Holiday

Public holiday.

Holiday

Holiday status.

  1. Is July 4 a public holiday or observance here? provenance
  2. Which tradition or law sets it? provenance

Attribution

Traditions.

Attribution

Attributed observances.

  1. Which countries or communities observe something on this date, according to them? provenance
  2. Is the observance attributed rather than assumed? boundary
History Past events.

Events need sources.

Events

On this day.

Events

Historical events.

  1. Which notable events happened on July 4, according to reliable sources? provenance
  2. Are dates given in the same calendar? boundary

Anniversaries

Recurring.

Anniversaries

Anniversaries.

  1. Which anniversaries fall on this date this year? provenance
  2. Which are round numbers? measurement
Planning Scheduling.

Dates drive plans.

Countdown

Days until.

Countdown

Countdown.

  1. How many days until the next July 4? measurement
  2. From which date? definition

Work

Working day.

Work

Working day.

  1. Is it a working day for this organisation? provenance
  2. Do deadlines move? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should dated days be separate entries?
  • How should observances be linked?
  • How should events be sourced?