http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/easter/popular/2008-09-30T10:35:59-07:00ActiveState Code Recipes2008-09-30T10:35:59-07:00Martin Diershttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4167352/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576517-calculate-easter-western-given-a-year/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 576517 by <a href="/recipes/users/4167352/">Martin Diers</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/calendar/">calendar</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/easter/">easter</a>). </p> <p>An implementation of <a href="http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/nature1876.html">Butcher's Algorithm</a> for determining the date of Easter for the Western church. Works for any date in the Gregorian calendar (1583 and onward). Returns a date object. </p>