Today is Golden Ticket Day - the prop used in the movie and the dialogue in the movie both agree that the day of the tour of Willy Wonka's factory takes place on the first of October.
Unfortunately, we live in an era where we can't celebrate any day without some sort of controversy and Golden Ticket Day is no exception, so let's address it.
Firstly, the book has the aforementioned events taking place on February 1st. But since "Willy Wonka" is one of the only cases where the movie is better than the book, I go with the movie.
Secondly, while the tour of the factory is October 1st, it's made clear that the day Charlie finds the golden ticket is September 30. Perhaps that's the better object of commemoration.
Celebrating on September 30 would also make sense because of the ways you could celebrate that day. Golden Ticket Day could be a day for looking into sewers for coins and eating bars of chocolate. Celebrating the next day, what can you do? It would be difficult to schedule a tour of a chocolate factory for that day.
I could be convinced for either one and wouldn't mind celebrating both, but I think the weight of the printed object with the specific date means October 1st makes much more sense. So Happy Golden Ticket Day!
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