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Japanese calendar era bug

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62:. However, since the change of eras is infrequent, most software had not been tested to ensure that it would behave correctly with an additional era. To ensure that the new era would be handled correctly, some systems were provided test mechanisms to simulate a new era ahead of time. 316: 104:
included a registry entry with placeholder information for the expected era transition, intended to help users discover any software limitations around the expected change to the new era.
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reported that due to a banking holiday, funds deposited would not be available until May 7, 1989, due to a date conversion improperly using Heisei 1 (1989) instead of Reiwa 1 (2019).
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code point U+32FF was reserved in September 2018 for representing the new era name, and Unicode 12.1 included
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Some minor problems have been reported due to improper handling of the era transition.
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was updated to include the new era name in the 2.30 release.
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In early April 2019, the new era name was announced to be
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Index

computer bug
Japanese era name
Japanese calendar
era names
Japanese emperor
Heisei era
2019 Japanese imperial transition
Reiwa
Lawson
konbini
Windows 10 version 1803
macOS Mojave 10.14.5
iOS 12.3
Unicode
GNU C Library
Time formatting and storage bugs
2019 Japanese imperial transition
"Era Handling for the Japanese Calendar - Windows applications"


"The Japanese Calendar's Y2K Moment"
"ATMs in Japan are saying they'll transfer your money back in time to 1989"
"Summary of new Japanese era Windows updates - KB4469068"
"Download macOS Mojave 10.14.5 Update"
Archived
"Apple Just Released iOS 12.3 Public Beta 2 for iPhone, Features Small Updates to Wallet & Date/Time"
Archived
"New Japanese Era"
"Unicode 12.1.0"
"22964 - The Japanese Era name will be changed on May 1, 2019"

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