JDK-8202088 : Japanese new era implementation
  • Type: Enhancement
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.util:i18n
  • Affected Version: 6,7,8,11
  • Priority: P2
  • Status: Resolved
  • Resolution: Fixed
  • OS: generic
  • CPU: generic
  • Submitted: 2018-04-20
  • Updated: 2019-05-21
  • Resolved: 2018-06-08
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Related Reports
CSR :  
JDK-8202336 - Japanese new era implementation
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JDK-8217609 - New era placeholder not recognized by java.text.SimpleDateFormat
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JDK-8211398 - Square character support for the Japanese new era
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JDK-8207152 - Placeholder for Japanese new era should be two characters
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JDK-8205432 - Replace the placeholder Japanese era name
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JDK-8212941 - Support new Japanese era in java.time.chrono.JapaneseEra
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JDK-8174268 - Declare a public field in JapaneseEra for the era starting May 2019
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JDK-8217312 - New era placeholder not displayed using java.text.DateFormat
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JDK-8217313 - The range of Japanese era is not correct when parsing from string
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JDK-8206120 - Add test cases for lenient Japanese era parsing
Sub Tasks
JDK-8203360 :  
Release Note: Japanese New Era Implementation - Closed
Description
It is anticipated that the announcement of the name of the new era may not be ready for the last JDK update before the beginning of the new era (May 1st, 2019).
In order to make it a smooth transition, implement the new era with a placeholder name "NewEra" (default) and ��������� (in Japanese) (now changed to ������ see JDK-8207152), so that the "year of era" value should be correctly calculated. The placeholder should be replaced with the genuine name after it is announced (with JDK-8174268)

This enhancement does not include the possible additional character for the new era, supposedly be assigned to U+32FF, that would need to wait till possibly Unicode 12.1 (https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2018/18220-u121planning.txt)
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