{"id":21391,"date":"2024-07-24T08:20:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T08:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/user_manual\/%d8%aa%d8%ad%d8%af%d9%8a%d8%ab-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a6%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%b7%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b9%d8%a7%d9%85%d8%a9-%d8%ad%d8%b3%d8%a8-%d8%a7\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T11:58:22","slug":"automatically-update-the-public-holiday-list-by-country","status":"publish","type":"user_manual","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/automatically-update-the-public-holiday-list-by-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Automatically Update the Public Holiday List by Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Holiday Lists&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%2304306b|line_height:2&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1724570693594{margin-left: 200px !important;background-color: #f6f9fc !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1747140395200{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]Holiday lists are comprehensive records of official holidays and occasions that are considered official leave for all employees. These days are marked in the employee&#8217;s profile and are treated as a type of leave in the attendance record, not as an absence.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The system allows you to automatically set a list of public holidays simply by selecting the country. The open holiday list will then be updated with a complete list of all official holidays for the selected country.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Updating the Holiday List with the Country&#8217;s Official Holidays&#8221; font_container=&#8221;tag:h2|font_size:28|text_align:center|color:%2304306b|line_height:2&#8243; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1724574184276{margin-left: 200px !important;background-color: #f6f9fc !important;border-radius: 4px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1769428687677{margin-left: 200px !important;}&#8221;]Click on &#8220;<strong>Settings<\/strong>&#8221; under &#8220;<strong>Attendance<\/strong>&#8221; in the main menu, then click on &#8220;<strong>Holiday Lists<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/yuhjk.png\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-46143 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/holiday-lists-settings.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1365\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/holiday-lists-settings.png 1365w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/holiday-lists-settings-300x139.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/holiday-lists-settings-1024x474.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/holiday-lists-settings-768x356.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1365px) 100vw, 1365px\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click on &#8220;<strong>View<\/strong>&#8221; from the menu next to the holiday list you want to update.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34381 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hdsyje.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1199\" height=\"633\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hdsyje.png 1199w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hdsyje-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hdsyje-1024x541.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hdsyje-768x405.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1199px) 100vw, 1199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First, you will only see the holidays that you have manually set.<\/p>\n<p>Then click on &#8220;<strong>Update Next Public Holidays<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34383 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jhdyde.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1184\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jhdyde.png 1184w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jhdyde-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jhdyde-1024x518.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/jhdyde-768x389.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1184px) 100vw, 1184px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the country for which you want to update the official holidays.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34385 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ndhhe.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ndhhe.png 1366w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ndhhe-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ndhhe-1024x540.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ndhhe-768x405.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click &#8220;<strong>Save<\/strong>&#8221; to update the list with all official holidays for the selected country.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pkj.png\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34387 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hyshed.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1209\" height=\"585\" srcset=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hyshed.png 1209w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hyshed-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hyshed-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/hyshed-768x372.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1209px) 100vw, 1209px\" \/><\/strong><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_message message_box_style=&#8221;3d&#8221; message_box_color=&#8221;alert-warning&#8221;]<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Please note that this update will erase any holidays previously set in this list and replace them with the official holidays of the selected country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_message][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"template":"","categories":[8012],"tags":[6760,6761,6758,6762,6759],"class_list":["post-21391","user_manual","type-user_manual","status-publish","hentry","category-attendance-settings","tag-assign-holiday-list","tag-employee-holidays","tag-public-holidays","tag-public-holidays-list","tag-update-public-holiday-list"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Automatically Update the Public Holiday List by Country - Daftra Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/user_manual\/automatically-update-the-public-holiday-list-by-country\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Automatically Update the Public Holiday List by Country - Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;Holiday Lists&#8221; 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