Re: [PATCH] Add verbose comments to 'era' in ja_JP locale.

[Carlos O'Donell <codonell at redhat dot com>]

On 3/28/19 2:09 PM, Carlos O'Donell wrote:
> Rafal,
>
> While reviewing DJ's new test I went through all the dates, years,
> and names, and figured I'd put them into a verbose comment in ja_JP
> to make this easier to maintain in the future.
>
> What do you think of this for master?
>
> 8< --- 8< ---- 8<
> ---
>   localedata/locales/ja_JP | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
>   1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/localedata/locales/ja_JP b/localedata/locales/ja_JP
> index 9bfbb2bb9b..74ef9e39f3 100644
> --- a/localedata/locales/ja_JP
> +++ b/localedata/locales/ja_JP
> @@ -14946,6 +14946,29 @@ am_pm    "<U5348><U524D>";"<U5348><U5F8C>"
>
>   t_fmt_ampm "%p%I<U6642>%M<U5206>%S<U79D2>"
>
> +# The era names are laid out in groups of 2 to account for the desire
> +# to avoid using '1' for the first era year.  Instead of 1 we use '元'
> +# <U5143> or "gan" as the first era year.
> +#
> +# The following dates and their names are recorded below in descending
> +# date order (note that '年' <U5E74> or "year" follows each date).
> +#
> +# Offset: Start date:    End date:    Era name:    Using "gan":
> +# (Y)     (YYYY-MM-DD)
> +# 2       1990-01-01    +*        平成 (Heisei)    No
> +# 1       1989-01-08    1989-12-31    平成 (Heisei)    Yes
> +# 2       1927-01-01    1989-01-07    昭和 (Shōwa)    No
> +# 1       1926-12-25    1926-12-31    昭和 (Shōwa)    Yes
> +# 2       1913-01-01    1926-12-24    大正 (Taishō)    No
> +# 1       1912-07-30    1912-12-31    大正 (Taishō)    Yes
> +# 6       1873-01-01    1912-07-29    明治 (Meiji)    No
> +# 1       0001-01-01    1872-12-31    西暦 (C.E)    No
> +# 1       -0000-12-31    -*        紀元前 (B.C.E.)    No

This should read "-0001-12-31" here. Fixed locally.

> +#
> +# Note:
> +# - The last entry 紀元前 means pre-era/B.C./B.C.E.
> +# - The second-to-last entry 西暦 means C.E.
> +#
>   era    "+:2:1990//01//01:+*:<U5E73><U6210>:%EC%Ey<U5E74>";/
>       "+:1:1989//01//08:1989//12//31:<U5E73><U6210>:%EC<U5143><U5E74>";/
>       "+:2:1927//01//01:1989//01//07:<U662D><U548C>:%EC%Ey<U5E74>";/


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Cheers,
Carlos.