sap note 831333

Number 831333

Version 21

Processor

Processing Status new

Implement. Status Cannot be implemented

Language EN

Short Text Enable Japanese emperor, Islamic, and Farsi date format

Component BC-I18 Internationalization (I18N)

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Along side the Gregorian calendar Japan uses a parallel numbering system for years

according to the reigns of current emperors.

The Islamic lunar calendar is the offical calendar in many Islamic countries. Please

see note 882610 for details about the Islamic calendar.

The Farsi Calendar is the official Calendar of Iran. Please see note 945736 for

details about the Farsi calendar. Please note that it requires higher patches and

higher support packages.

Date formats can be selected in the user's default settings in Transaction 'SU01'.

Solution

IMPORTANT: The code corrections in this note do NOT contain the calendar

based on the Gregorian Calendar, but it never becomes visible on a screen). No

matter which calendar you use to display or input dates (Gregorian, Japanese,

Islamic, or Farsi), the internal format on the database is always the same. You

can key in dates in the Gregorian calendar, transport the data into another

system, and display them as Farsi dates, or vice versa.

o The Calendar implementation is part of the Support Packages mentioned in this

notes and note 945736. No additional implementation is necessary. Once the

support packages are implemented, every user can switch his default settings to

the non-Gregorian calendar without further actions.

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