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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by glandium on Monday April 01, 2019 @12:46AM (#19540573)
Heisei 31 is this year. Heisei 32 and above are the ones that don't exist.
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by james_s_tayler on Monday April 01, 2019 @12:48AM (#19540586)
Thankfully I don't live in Japan and have to deal with that system on a daily basis.
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by Larrikin on Monday April 01, 2019 @06:13AM (#19541882)
It's been thirty years since anyone has to touch that code.
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by glandium on Monday April 01, 2019 @06:43AM (#19542012)
Some systems are even still on the previous era (shōwa). Some may even hit a Y2K-like problem in 2025 (shōwa 100).
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by Smithalicious on Monday April 01, 2019 @03:07PM (#19546956)
I'm now imagining some kind of action movie where the emperor lives too long and a band of programmers have to assassinate them lest their code breaks.
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by enqk on Monday April 01, 2019 @01:49AM (#19540848)
Isn’t Reiwa 1 also this year?
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by fenomas on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:15AM (#19540951)
It's both - dates through April 30 are Heisei 31, and dates from May 1 are Reiwa 1, is the official take.
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by earthboundkid on Monday April 01, 2019 @09:50AM (#19543185)
Well, I don't foresee that causing any bugs.
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by thaumasiotes on Monday April 01, 2019 @11:40AM (#19544479)
Bugs of that type should have been worked out long ago; it is not the norm for the era change to coincide with the new year.
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by Nullabillity on Monday April 01, 2019 @01:01PM (#19545461)
It is not the norm to reset your date system every 30 or so years.
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by thaumasiotes on Monday April 01, 2019 @09:38PM (#19550271)
...yes it is?
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Re:Abe explains choice of Reiwa for next era name by glandium on Monday April 01, 2019 @02:16AM (#19540953)
From May 1st onwards, yes.

Heisei 31 April 29, Heisei 31 April 30, Reiwa 1 May 1, Reiwa 1 May 2, etc.

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