YearName
Purpose
Returns the Japanese year name of a date, in the specified format.
Format
YearName(date;format)
Parameters
date - any calendar date
format - a number (0, 1, or 2) that describes the display format
Data type returned
text
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
If the value for format is blank or other than 0, 1, or 2, then 0 is used.
0 -
![Japanese text for Emperor Meiji in long format](../FMP_Help/images/yearname01.png)
8 (Meiji 8),
![Japanese text for Emperor Taisho in long format](../FMP_Help/images/yearname02.png)
8 (Taisho 8),
![Japanese text for Emperor Showa in long format](../FMP_Help/images/yearname03.png)
8 (Showa 8),
![Japanese text for Emperor Showa in long format](../FMP_Help/images/yearname04.png)
8 (Heisei 8),
![Japanese text for Emperor Seireki in long format](../FMP_Help/images/yearname05.png)
(Seireki xxxx [before 1868.9.8])
1 -
![Japanese text for Emperor Meiji in abbreviated format](../FMP_Help/images/yearname06.png)
8 (Mei 8),
![Japanese text for Emperor Taisho in abbreviated format](../FMP_Help/images/yearname07.png)
8 (Tai 8),
![Japanese text for Emperor Showa in abbreviated format](../FMP_Help/images/yearname08.png)
8 (Sho 8),
![Japanese text for Emperor Heisei in abbreviated format](../FMP_Help/images/yearname09.png)
8 (Hei 8),
![Japanese text for Emperor Seireki in abbreviated format](../FMP_Help/images/yearname11.png)
xxxx (Sei xxxx [before 1868.9.8])
2 - M8, T8, S8, H8, A.D.xxxx (before 1868.9.8)
Name of Emperor in 0 = Long, 1 = Abbreviated, 2 = 2 byte Roman. Seireki is returned when date is before listed emperors.
Examples
YearName(DateField;0) Returns
![Japanese text for the year name occurring on July 17, 2002](../FMP_Help/images/yearname10.png)
when DateField contains 7/15/2008.
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