Setting the Era Format

You can specify format settings for the era if the culture has been set to "ja-jp".

The following table lists the format options and the Japanese and English culture equivalents.

Keyword	Japanese Culture	English Culture
g	Display the era name in alphabet (M, T, S, H)
gg	Display the first character (DBCS) era (明, 大, 昭, 平)
ggg	Display the full (DBCS) era (明治, 大正, 昭和, 平成)
gggg (plus any additional "g" characters)	Same as "ggg"
e	Display the nengo year as a single digit number when possible (1-??)	Same as "y"
ee	Display the nengo year as a two digit number when possible (01-??)	Same as "yy"
eee (plus any additional "e" characters)	Same as "ee"	Same as "yyyy"
y	Same as 'e' when after 'g'; otherwise, same as en culture	Display the year as a number without a leading zero (0 - 99)
yy	Same as 'ee' when after 'g'; otherwise, same as en culture	Display the year as a number with a leading zero (00 - 99)
yyy	Same as 'ee' when after 'g'; otherwise, same as en culture	Display the year as a number without a leading zero (1 - 9999)
yyyy	Same as 'ee' when after 'g'; otherwise, same as en culture	Same as "yyy"

Using Code

The following example sets the era formatting.

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window.spreadJSEras = [{name: "明治", abbreviation: "明", symbol: "M", startDate: "1868-09-08", shortcuts: "1,M"}, {name: "大正", abbreviation: "大", symbol: "T", startDate: "1912-07-30", shortcuts: "2,T"}, {name: "昭和", abbreviation: "昭", symbol: "S" , startDate: "1926-12-25", shortcuts: "3,S"}, {name: "平成 Test", abbreviation: "平", symbol: "H", startDate: "1989-01-08", shortcuts: "4,H"}]

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window.spreadJSEras = [{name: "明治", abbreviation: "明", symbol: "M", startDate: "1868-09-08", shortcuts: "1,M"},
{name: "大正", abbreviation: "大", symbol: "T", startDate: "1912-07-30", shortcuts: "2,T"},
{name: "昭和", abbreviation: "昭", symbol: "S" , startDate: "1926-12-25", shortcuts: "3,S"},
{name: "平成 Test", abbreviation: "平", symbol: "H", startDate: "1989-01-08", shortcuts: "4,H"}]

Using Code

The following example formats a date in a cell.

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var f = new GcSpread.Sheets.GeneralFormatter("ggg ee/MM/dd dddd",null,"ja-jp"); activeSheet.getCell(1,1).formatter(f); activeSheet.getCell(1,1).value(new Date(2014,00,20)); // Or GcSpread.Sheets.Culture("ja-jp"); activeSheet.getCell(1,1).formatter("ggg ee/MM/dd dddd"); activeSheet.getCell(1,1).value(new Date(2014,00,20)); //Or activeSheet.getCell(1,1).formatter("[$-411]ggg ee/MM/dd dddd"); activeSheet.getCell(1,1).value(new Date(2014,00,20));

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var f = new GcSpread.Sheets.GeneralFormatter("ggg ee/MM/dd dddd",null,"ja-jp");
activeSheet.getCell(1,1).formatter(f);
activeSheet.getCell(1,1).value(new Date(2014,00,20));
// Or
GcSpread.Sheets.Culture("ja-jp");
activeSheet.getCell(1,1).formatter("ggg ee/MM/dd dddd");
activeSheet.getCell(1,1).value(new Date(2014,00,20));
//Or
activeSheet.getCell(1,1).formatter("[$-411]ggg ee/MM/dd dddd");
activeSheet.getCell(1,1).value(new Date(2014,00,20));