XFA Specification
Chapter 24, Picture Clause Specification
Asian Date, Time and Number Considerations
914
Korean Script
Hangul
Hanja
Ideograph
Unicode
U+B2E8 U+AE30
U+6A80 U+7D00
Note:
For the Tangun era, the value 2333 must be added to the current year. For example, the year 2004 is
represented as 4337.
Note:
Korean numbers always use tens rule.
Chinese (Taiwan) Date Time Rules
These rules apply exclusively to the locale
zh_TW
(Chinese - Taiwan).
The last century spanned three eras, as described in the following table.
Imperial era
GuangXu
XuanTong
MinGuo
Dates relative to the Gregorian calendar
1875/01/01 to 1908/12/31
1909/01/01 to 1911/12/31
912/01/01
Chinese (Taiwan) dates and times always use the tens rule, with the following exception. When
represented
without
the Chinese era, the year is represented using Arabic number format. For example,
2004 is represented as
.
Chinese (China) Date Time Rules
These rules apply equally to the locales
zh_CN
(Chinese - China),
zh_HK
(Chinese - Hong Kong), and
zh_MO
(Chinese - Macau).
The last century spanned 4 eras:
Imperial era
GuangXu
XuanTong
MinGuo
unnamed
Dates relative to the Gregorian calendar
1875/01/01 to 1908/12/31
1909/01/01 to 1911/12/31
1912/01/01 to 1949/09/30
1949/10/01 to present
For dates from October 1, 1949, to present, there is no symbol for the Chinese imperial era.
Numeric date and time values are always represented symbolically, using the tens rule, with the following
exception. When represented without the Chinese era, the year is represented using the Arabic numeral
system. For example, when unaccompanied with the era, the 2004 is represented
.
The symbols used to represent Chinese eras vary with locale. China represents eras using Simplified
Chinese characters; whereas, Hong Kong and Macau use Traditional Chinese characters.