duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-spice — pull request #405 by timeanddate (2014-02-12 09:46:29+00:00)
Title: timeanddate.com: upcoming holidays

**What does your instant answer do?**
Provides instant information about upcoming holidays and holidays that just happened.

**What problem does your instant answer solve (Why is it better than organic links)?**
Provides instant information

**What is the data source for your instant answer? (Provide a link if possible)**
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/

**Why did you choose this data source?**
timeanddate.com's holiday database is updated on a daily basis by a team of professional researchers and editors. We offer reliable information about holidays, observances and special days in over 90 countries world-wide and constantly work on adding more countries.

**Are there any other alternative (better) data sources?**
Alternative: yes, better: no :)

**What are some example queries that trigger this instant answer?**
* when is christmas
* when is constitution day in kazakhstan

**Which communities will this instant answer be especially useful for? (gamers, book lovers, etc)**
Everybody looking for holidays

**Is this instant answer connected to a DuckDuckHack [instant answer idea](https://duck.co/ideas)?**
https://duck.co/ideas/idea/213/upcoming-holidays

**Which existing instant answers will this one supersede/overlap with?**
WolframAlpha integration

**Are you having any problems? Do you need our help with anything?**

**\*\*Note:** Please attach a screenshot for new instant answer pull requests, and for pull requests which modify the look/design of existing instant answers.
![when_is_constitution_day](https://f.cloud.github.com/assets/6481639/2146878/02c62840-93c9-11e3-9022-3d527661a696.png)

##Checklist
Please place a ✔ where appropriate.

```
[X] Added metadata and attribution information
[X] Wrote test file and added to t/ directory
[X] Verified that instant answer adheres to design guidelines(https://github.com/duckduckgo/duckduckgo-documentation/blob/master/duckduckhack/styleguides/design_styleguide.md)
[X] Tested cross-browser compatability

Please let us know which browsers/devices you've tested on:
- Windows 8
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 10

- Windows 7
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] IE 8
[] IE 9
[] IE 10

- Windows XP
[] IE 7
[] IE 8

- Mac OSX
[] Google Chrome
[] Firefox
[] Opera
[] Safari

- iOS (iPhone)
[] Safari Mobile
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- iOS (iPad)
[] Safari Mobile
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- Android
[] Firefox
[] Native Browser
[] Google Chrome
[] Opera

- Linux
[x] Iceweasel
[x] Chromium
```