Re: Problem similar to Year 2000 coming up in Japan

[Akira Urushibata]

> era name or Gengo is "NianHao" in Mandarin,
> literally "year name" or "era name" as commonly referred in English.

Thank you.

In Japanese the term "nengo" (which corresponds to "nianhao") is also
used.  "Yuanhao" appears in dictionaries but in practice it appears
it is not frequently used.

> In China after 1911, the era name is Minguo ("state/country of the
> citizens"), aka the Republic of China.  2024 is Minguo 113, Year 113
> of the Republic of China.

This led to the "Year 2011 problem" where this is used.  There were some
incidents but they were not significant.

Year 2011 problem - Wikipedia 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2011_problem

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General description of time-related computer bugs:

Time formatting and storage bugs - Wikipedia 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_formatting_and_storage_bugs