Ooh, I didn't realize Japanese computer systems used the era name; every time I wind up on a Japanese news or blog site it displays the date in Western years. Hopefully they can get this sorted in...
Ooh, I didn't realize Japanese computer systems used the era name; every time I wind up on a Japanese news or blog site it displays the date in Western years. Hopefully they can get this sorted in time.
I can't help but wonder who was in charge of designing the affected systems, and why they didn't account for era transitions. This isn't something we can blame on COBOL programmers omitting the...
I can't help but wonder who was in charge of designing the affected systems, and why they didn't account for era transitions. This isn't something we can blame on COBOL programmers omitting the century to save memory and disk space. Then again, nobody knew that the Heisei era would follow the Shōwa era until Akihito succeeded Hirohito and announced the name of his reign.
Ooh, I didn't realize Japanese computer systems used the era name; every time I wind up on a Japanese news or blog site it displays the date in Western years. Hopefully they can get this sorted in time.
I can't help but wonder who was in charge of designing the affected systems, and why they didn't account for era transitions. This isn't something we can blame on COBOL programmers omitting the century to save memory and disk space. Then again, nobody knew that the Heisei era would follow the Shōwa era until Akihito succeeded Hirohito and announced the name of his reign.