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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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