Talk:Date and time notation in Japan

incomplete change of era example
It appears to me that while the era has been changed to correctly read Rei Wa (令和) as the paragraph reads on the previous Heisei era (平成) is used to further illustrate the writing of the era in a Japanese date. However, my Japanese is primitive to say the least so I am not comfortable making the change.P2dwight (talk) 23:33, 16 December 2021 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I was a little confused at first. I've updated the examples but I am not Japanese so hopefully I did it right. 2601:49:8400:26B:C51A:941E:3549:7C68 (talk) 18:49, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Also, I am hoping the new example isn't confusing given the fact that it's a Sunday. (The 'sun' kanji is used for the day and also for the day of the week.) 2601:49:8400:26B:C51A:941E:3549:7C68 (talk) 19:01, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Kanji numerals?
Does anyone know if kanji numerals can be used in Gregorian dates (and in particular, I'm wondering about years)? I know it's fine in imperial dates (as seen in the coin picture) but I wasn't sure if this can be done with Gregorian dates too. How would this look to a native Japanese: 二千二十四年一月八日 ? I think this information would be helpful but I didn't want to add it to the article because I wasn't sure. 2601:49:8400:26B:C51A:941E:3549:7C68 (talk) 18:59, 7 January 2024 (UTC)


 * I am a native Japanese speaker, and in Japanese, it is official to use Kanji numerals when writing vertically, and that also applies to writing Gregorian year numbers. When written horizontally, writing the Gregorian year in Kanji numerals looks quite strange, as you might expect. If it is just the month and date, though, there is no problem writing it in Kanji numerals.
 * When using Kanji numerals for years, use Kanji numerals in the same way as Arabic numerals, unlike the general usage of Kanji numerals. 0 is replaced by "◯".
 * For example: "二◯二四年", not "二千二十四年". Kristarl (talk) 11:23, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Dates in the future - anticipated completion of large projects or science fiction
How would the Japanese use Imperial dates to indicate dates in the future? It is easy for us to say that we don't expect a subway renovation to be complete until 2091 or to set some galactic empire in the year 3000...

Would you just assume the current emperor will live ten thousand years? jens (talk) 17:08, 16 July 2024 (UTC)