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It's the Queen's birthday, a Monday off here in New Zealand... ... but not for everybody now.

• Scoundreller 7y ago
  So what happens when the crown changes? They change the holiday? Immediately? For the next year? Sounds like a bit of a nightmare.
  • ojm 7y ago
    It’s not actually the queens birthday. In Australia, many states have different dates for the queens birthday. So not a nightmare at all.
  • technion 7y ago
    Australia celebrates the Queen's Birthday public holiday on different dates in different states already.
  • doubleunplussed 7y ago
    Nah, it's not even her actual birthday. Different countries with the same queen even celebrate it on different days. Presumably it'll be renamed to "king's birthday" but the day kept the same when the monarch changes. Or done away with/re-purposed - there's a general feeling in Australia at least that once the queen dies there will be less support for the monarchy.
  • NeedMoreTea 7y ago
    The holiday is on the official birthday. The sovereign's actual birthday has been separate from the official birthday for centuries, so the holiday does not need to change.
  • runlevel1 7y ago
    If you think that's a hassle, in Japan the calendar changes with the emperor: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/25/big-tech-warns-japan-millennium-bug-y2k-emperor-akihito-abdication https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/25/big-tech-...