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feat(KZ): add Kazakhstan public holidays - #611

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Closes #481

Adds full public holiday support for Kazakhstan (KZ) with translations in Kazakh (kk), Russian (ru), and English (en).

  • 13 fixed-date holidays with weekend substitute rules per Article 85 of the Kazakhstan Labour Code
  • 1 Islamic calendar holiday (Eid al-Adha / Kurban Ait)
  • Historical date ranges for holidays that were added, removed, or modified:
    • Constitution Day moved from Aug 30 to Mar 15 (effective 2026)
    • Republic Day restored in 2022 (was active 1995–2009, abolished, then restored)
    • First President's Day (2012–2021, abolished)
    • Independence Day reduced from 2 days to 1 day in 2022
  • Orthodox Christmas and Eid al-Adha have no weekend substitute per the Labour Code exceptions
  • Kazakh (kk) translations added to names.yaml for shared holiday names (New Year, Women's Day)

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Test plan

  • npm run yaml builds successfully
  • node test/sample.js kz 2025 — verified all holidays appear with correct dates, names, and substitute days
  • node test/sample.js kz 2026 — Constitution Day correctly on Mar 15 (not Aug 30)
  • node test/sample.js kz 2021 — First President's Day and 2-day Independence Day present
  • Verified Kazakh, Russian, and English language outputs
  • Generated test fixtures for KZ and all 16 states (2015–2029)
  • Full test suite passes (5400 tests)

Closes commenthol#481

Adds all Kazakhstan public holidays with Kazakh (kk), Russian (ru),
and English (en) translations:

- New Year (Jan 1-2)
- Orthodox Christmas (Jan 7, no weekend substitute)
- International Women's Day (Mar 8)
- Constitution Day (Aug 30 through 2025, Mar 15 from 2026)
- Nauryz (Mar 21-23)
- People's Unity Day (May 1)
- Defender of the Fatherland Day (May 7, since 2013)
- Victory Day (May 9)
- Capital City Day (Jul 6)
- Republic Day (Oct 25, active 1995-2009, restored 2022)
- First President's Day (Dec 1, 2012-2021)
- Independence Day (Dec 16; Dec 16-17 before 2022)
- Eid al-Adha / Kurban Ait (Islamic calendar, no weekend substitute)

Weekend substitute rules follow Article 85 of the Kazakhstan Labour
Code, with exceptions for Orthodox Christmas and Eid al-Adha.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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jesus-deskbird force-pushed the add-kazakhstan-holidays branch from 0904c78 to 19140f9 Compare May 11, 2026 09:06
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commenthol merged commit 4cf17c6 into commenthol:master May 14, 2026
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