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December 30

vr.tr.december-30 · thing-q2901

Let an agent handle December 30 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Thing Registry Cross-cutting context XCT.TME
Bundle → Layer → Finding → QuestionsClassifiersWhat it isWhy it existsDistinguishing featuresWhat robots and AI may and may not doMoral aspectsOwnersLinks to other meta-modelsIdentity and identifiersDirect propertiesRecognitionCapabilities and actionsHazards and failure modesStandards and interfacesContext of useSources

Bundle → Layer → Finding → Questions Filled

4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions

Date Calendar facts.

Weekday

Computation.

Weekday

Weekday.

  1. On which weekday does December 30 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.

Holiday

Public holiday.

Holiday

Holiday status.

  1. Is December 30 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

On this day.

Events

Historical events.

  1. Which notable events happened on December 30, 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.

Countdown

Days until.

Countdown

Countdown.

  1. How many days until the next December 30? 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

Classifiers Filled

Family
Thing Registry
Category
Cross-cutting context
Entry kind
thing
Plane
XCT
Domain
XCT.TME

What it is Filled

December 30, day 364 (day 365 in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 1 day remaining in both common and leap years. December 30 is Rizal Day in the Philippines marking the execution of Jose Rizal in 1896, the anniversary of the formation of the Soviet Union in 1922, of the killing of Grigori Rasputin in 1916 by the New Style calendar, of the execution of Saddam Hussein in 2006, and the day before New Year s Eve.

Why it exists Filled

Let an agent handle December 30 as a calendar date with weekday computation, observances attributed to their traditions and sourced events.

Distinguishing features Filled

  • The thirtieth day of December
  • Weekday varies by year
  • Observances vary by place
  • Julian and Gregorian dates differ by 13 days in this era

What robots and AI may and may not do Filled

Must not

  • Celebrate or mock executions associated with the date, such as those of Jose Rizal or Saddam Hussein.
  • Give old-style and new-style dates for the same event without saying which is which.
  • Treat year-end deadlines as safe to defer without checking local holidays and closures.

Only with a human decision

  • Committing payments or filings due at year end on someone's behalf.

May

  • Compute that December 30 is the second-to-last day of the year and convert it between calendars.
  • List observances on December 30, such as Rizal Day in the Philippines, with sources.

Moral aspects Filled

  • The date marks executions and the founding of the Soviet Union, which different communities remember very differently.
  • Year-end deadlines for tax and benefits fall around this date and matter to households.

Who is affected

  • Filipino communities
  • People with year-end obligations
  • Readers

Owners Filled

Steward

Nobody owns a calendar date; it is held in common.

Links to other meta-models Filled

parent

  • Q11187571 - registry parent class

related

  • December - month
  • December 29 - date
  • calendar date - category
  • ISO 8601 - notation

What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled

Identity and identifiers required Filled

  • Vercy registry: vr.tr.december-30
  • Wikidata: Q2901 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2901)
  • ISO 8601: --12-30 recurring date

Direct properties not applicable Not applicable

  • day of year: 364 or 365 day - common year, leap year where different
  • days remaining: 1 days

Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.

Recognition optional Filled

  • Written 30 December or December 30
  • ISO format --12-30
  • Observances vary by country and tradition
  • A date on calendars.

Capabilities and actions required Filled

  • compute its weekday in a given year
  • check local and international observances
  • find sourced historical events
  • schedule events

Hazards and failure modes required Filled

  • Assuming observances are universal
  • Unsourced on-this-day events
  • Mixing Julian and Gregorian dates

Standards and interfaces required Filled

  • ISO 8601
  • National public holiday laws

Context of use required Filled

  • A calendar date for scheduling, holidays and anniversaries.
  • the recurring calendar date
  • specific dated days in given years

Sources Filled

  1. Wikidata item Q2901: December 30 - identity and sense of the item
  2. Wikipedia: December 30 - general description of the item

Open questions

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

Machine files

Card as JSON Specification Card backlog vercy.card/1

Provenance

thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed

Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q2901/spec.json