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SAPG_0004 - Maintain Calendar for Japan

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• The eras used by the Japanese Imperial calendar (known in Japanese as wareki)

• The written date format for the Imperial calendar

In the Japanese environment, the Imperial calendar is sometimes required in SAPscript forms.

Activities

Maintain the following two tables:

Definition of Beginning Date

LANG	STDATE		ERA		SHERA
J	18680908		–¾Ž¡ (meiji)		M
J	19120730		‘吳 (taisho)		T
J	19261225		º˜a (shouwa)		S
J	19890108		•½¬ (heisei)		H

Date Format in Writing

LANG	YY	MM	DD
J	”N(nen)	ŒŽ(gatsu)	“ú(nichi)

Further notes

Inserting the System Date in Imperial Format

The standard symbol used for the date in Gregorian format is DATE. The symbol for the system date in Imperial format is LDATE.

You enter	System displays
&DATE&	1995/01/01
&LDATE&	•½¬ 7”N 1ŒŽ 1“ú (heisei 7 nen 1 gatu 1 nichi)

Defining the Database Field Date in the Imperial Format

To include a date in Imperial format in a form, the parameter L must be defined for the database field. However, this function only works with fields with date type DATS.

You enter	System displays
&SYST-DATUM&	1995/01/01
&SYST-DATUM(L)&	•½¬ 7”N 1ŒŽ 1“ú (heisei 7 nen 1 gatu 1 nichi)

Defining the SAPscript Command SET DATE MASK

You use the command SET DATE MASK to define the format of the date. There are three parameters at your disposal, LY (year), LM (month), and LD (date).

SET DATE MASK definition	System displays
New York, MM/DD/YYYY	New York, 01/01/1999
“ú•t: LY”NLMŒŽLD“ú	“ú•t: •½¬ 7”N 1ŒŽ 1“ú

Converting Dates from Gregorian to Imperial Format

To convert dates from Gregorian to Imperial format, use function module CONVERSION_EXIT_JPDAT_OUTPUT.

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