Thanks. These bits of "what's it like there" don't jump out of most reading ... > all programs which display or print dates are going to have to be updated ..

Thanks. These bits of "what's it like there" don't jump out of most reading ... > all programs which display or print dates are going to have to be updated ... unless they're subscribed to "whatsthejapaneseyear.com" and check it as part of their initialization ;-) [Google doesn't know (yet), and neither does wolframalpha nor bing]