Is today a national holiday, or just for the poor, stressed out , overworked bankers..... or maybe just for the webmasters / Anyone know???

Yes. Substitution for Chakri Day (April 6).

Full list here:

http://www.bot.or.th/English/FinancialInstitutions/FIholiday/Pages/2556.aspx

-Mestizo

Thank you for the link, Mestizo, I have now posted that to my favorites so I will not have to ask again....

.....and can hardly wait for the sext holiday for a substitution for a substitution day.....

Must be hard work working for the govt...... wonder how many days off the gang gets who are out digging on a construction site..... slouchers that they are.....

Yes. Substitution for Chakri Day (April 6).

Full list here:

http://www.bot.or.th/English/FinancialInstitutions/FIholiday/Pages/2556.aspx

-Mestizo

Thanks for this, most useful.

Thank you for the link, Mestizo, I have now posted that to my favorites so I will not have to ask again....

.....and can hardly wait for the sext holiday for a substitution for a substitution day.....

Must be hard work working for the govt...... wonder how many days off the gang gets who are out digging on a construction site..... slouchers that they are.....

Note, I think its pretty standard for most office type companies in Thailand to mirror the BOT holiday list. Today is a holiday for most of us as well.

-Mestizo

Thank you for the link, Mestizo, I have now posted that to my favorites so I will not have to ask again....

.....and can hardly wait for the sext holiday for a substitution for a substitution day.....

Must be hard work working for the govt...... wonder how many days off the gang gets who are out digging on a construction site..... slouchers that they are.....

Good idea now I won't have to ask the wife I can just PM you.

Yes.. actually many government institutions are open today. Just not most businesses.

So it was a good day to get some Songkran practice in with the kids, and prepare for the real holidays.

all i have to say is it caught me off guard and has really xxxxx my plans for tomorrow

Edited April 8, 201313 yr by metisdead

I thought it had been moved to Friday to extend the Songkran celebrations/upset miserable old gits.

I need to go to the bank, will they be open on Friday? The big ones, not the shopping mall fancy cover ones.

The Thai consulate in Chicago closes for all thai and U.S. holidays. It must be a good gig if you can bribe enough government officials to get a job there. Its too bad that they can't change their telephone announcement to say they were closed for a thai holiday.

I thought it had been moved to Friday to extend the Songkran celebrations/upset miserable old gits.

I need to go to the bank, will they be open on Friday? The big ones, not the shopping mall fancy cover ones.

Compliments of a kind previous poster

http://www.bot.or.th...Pages/2556.aspx

Now if the money is wet, not to worry, they are just doing the laundry.

Thank you for the link, Mestizo, I have now posted that to my favorites so I will not have to ask again....

Or you can just go to the pinned topic in General - Public Holidays 2013 and print it out.

I thought it had been moved to Friday to extend the Songkran celebrations/upset miserable old gits.

I need to go to the bank, will they be open on Friday? The big ones, not the shopping mall fancy cover ones.

Yes, banks and government offices should be open on Friday.

The real question is if you really want to get stuff done on that day. (Mornings should be fine though, if you have a car, or your errands only involve stuff that doesn't mind getting wet)

Speaking of Public holidays, I have found an English translation for "KOW DOW".

Step one. change it to 'Count Down'.

Step two. figured it out and realised that it's actually New Year's Eve. duuuh!