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Bank and Public Holidays for East Timor

East Timor bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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15 May 2012 (Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste-Dili) The government of Timor Leste has announced that it had decided to declare day-off public sector holidays (Toleránsia Pontu) for May 17, 18, and 21, to coincide with the upcoming 10th Anniversary of Timor Leste's Restoration of Independence. • 11 Apr 2012 (Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste-Dili) The government of Timor Leste has announced that it had also decided to declare day-off public sector holidays for Monday and Tuesday, April 16-17, 2012, the day of, and the day after, the second round of the upcoming presidential election. • 04 Apr 2012 (Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste-Dili) The government of Timor Leste has announced that it had once again decided to declare day-off public sector holidays for Maundy Thursday and Easter Monday, on April 5 and 9, 2012, respectively. • 15 Mar 2012 (Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste-Dili) The government of Timor Leste has announced that it had decided to declare another non-working public holiday in Timor-Leste on Saturday, March 17, 2012, on the date of the upcoming presidential elections. • 12 Mar 2012 (Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste-Dili) The government of Timor Leste has announced that it had decided to grant a day-off public sector holiday on Friday, March 16, 2012, all day, to all employees and agents of the ministries or departments depending on them, as well as institutes and organizations included in indirect State administration. • 17 Feb 2012 (Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste-Dili) The government of Timor Leste has announced that it had once again decided to grant a day-off public sector holiday for Ash Wednesday, on Wednesday, February 22, 2012, all day, to all employees and agents of the ministries or departments depending on them, as well as institutes and organizations included in indirect State administration. • 20 Jan 2012 (Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste-Dili) The government of Timor Leste has announced that it decided to grant a day-off public holiday on Monday, January 23, 2012, all day, to all employees and agents of the ministries or departments depending on them, as well as institutes and organizations included in indirect State administration. • 28 Dec 2011 (Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste-Dili) The government of Timor Leste has announced the list of official public holidays in Timor Leste for the upcoming calendar year 2012. • 08 Aug 2011 (Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste-Dili) The Government of Timor Leste has decided to concede a day-off public holiday on Monday, August 15, 2011, from 8:00am to 2:30pm, to all employees and agents of the ministries or departments depending on them, as well as institutes and organizations included in indirect State administration. • 28 Apr 2011 (Press Release Government Of Timor-Leste-Dili) The Prime Minister of Timor Leste has decided to concede a day-off public holiday on Monday, May 2, 2011, all day, to all staff and agents of the Ministries or dependent services, as well as the institutes and organisms integrated in the State’s indirect administration. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the East Timor public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: The list and dates of official public holidays in East Timor are regulated by Section 165 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Law 10/2005, dated August 10, 2005, On National Holidays and Official Commemorative Dates, and Instruction 01/2005, On Holiday's Applicable to Financial Institutions. • Official Name: East Timor is now officially referred to in English as Timor-Leste, it's Portugese equivalent. The government now refers to itself as Timor-Leste, as does the United Nations. Timor-Leste is preferred, although East Timor is still more commonly used in the English language. • The following are considered Official Commemorative Days. They are commemorated but are not public holidays, that is, they are not days off work. • Ash Wednesday (The first day of Lent) • Maundy Thursday (The Thursday before Easter) • Ascension (The 6th Thursday after Easter) • Children's Day (June 1st) • Armed Forces' Day (August 20th) • Women's Day (November 3rd) • Human Rights Day (December 10th). • East Timor International Codes TL and TLS (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .tl (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of East Timor information and news: ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (East Timor maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in East Timor), and Wikipedia (includes East Timor commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in East Timor, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in East Timor that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for East Timor were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for East Timor, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of East Timor, before planning any trip to East Timor. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.