Plugin: NB Japanese year

This fun plugin converts dates into Japanese era format. For example, 2009 is known as year Heisei 21.

Dates cover from the Meiji (1868-1911) to Heisei (1989-present day) periods (Meiji - Taisho - Showa - Heisei).

Usage

{exp:nb_japanese_year date="2009"}

Parameters

date="2009"

The year to convert to Japanese format. Full Japanese dates in kanji, including the month and day, can be used if the date is in the YYYY-MM-DD format and the style is set to “kanji_era”.

style="kanji_era"

The date format. Options are (for example, “2009”)

• era: The era in alphabet and date in numebrs, eg. Heisei 21
• kanji_era: The era in kanji and date in numbers, eg. 平成21年
• shorthand_era: The first letter of the era in alphabet and date in numbers, eg. H21
• year_number: The date in numbers only, eg. 21

Default is “era”

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