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July 31

vr.tr.july-31 · XCT.TME

Let an agent handle July 31 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.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle July 31 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

July 31, day 212 (day 213 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 153 days remaining in both common and leap years. July 31 is the anniversary of the death of Ignatius of Loyola in 1556 and his feast day, of the start of the Battle of Passchendaele in 1917, of the last Ranger 7 lunar photographs in 1964, of the 1991 START I treaty signing by the United States and the Soviet Union, and of the 2006 handover of power in Cuba from Fidel to Raul Castro; it is also the last day of July.

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 thirty-first 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: 212 or 213 day - common year, leap year where different

days remaining: 153 days

How it is recognised

Written 31 July or July 31

ISO format --07-31

Observances vary by country and tradition

Related models

is part of - month

July

follows - date

July 30

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 --07-31 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 31 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 31 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 31, 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 31? 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?