'Japan's millennium bug' ahead of Akihito's abdication

Re:'Japan's millennium bug' ahead of Akihito's abdication by innocenat on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @10:21AM (#17609431)

Probably not with the tourist , though all my JR ticket I have are listed with traditional date though -- maybe they issued it with A.D because of you are tourist. Other tickets seems to be mixed though.

For example, of documents I have laying around my desk right now:

Alien card: A.D / Student card: A.D. / My number card (like US SSN): Traditional / Insurance card: Traditional / Water bill: Traditional / Electricity bill: Traditional (this one doesn't even tell you that it's traditional, it just say 30-07-xx) / Monthly health insurance bill: Traditional / Gas bill: A.D.

So it is pretty much in heavy use.

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Re:'Japan's millennium bug' ahead of Akihito's abdication by jrockway on Wednesday July 25, 2018 @12:33PM (#17610530)

JR definitely produces different tickets depending on whether you used the machine in English or Japanese. (Or depending on what the station attendant thought would be most convenient for you; they can pick the output format and I've gotten both.)

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Re:'Japan's millennium bug' ahead of Akihito's abdication by mercurysmessage on Thursday July 26, 2018 @08:49AM (#17616994)

Alien card? Do you mean the zairyu card?

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