What Anzac Day is

Kept on 25 April in Australia and New Zealand, marking the 1915 Gallipoli landings and now commemorating all who served and died in war. Dawn services are the central observance.

It is a public holiday in both countries. Trading and event restrictions apply for part of the day in several Australian states, so it is not an ordinary holiday in commercial terms.

Why this date does not move

The countdown at the top of this page is live, and the date beneath it is the next occurrence. This is a fixed date: it falls on the same day of the month every year, so only the weekday changes.

The date follows a fixed calendar rule, so it can be computed years ahead. Where a country observes this as a public holiday, the official government calendar remains the authority for whether the day off is moved when it falls on a weekend.

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