Configuring Japanese dates

You configure PolicyCenter display of Japanese Imperial calendar dates by specifying the <JapaneseImperialDateFormat> element in localization_localeCode.xml. The <JapaneseImperialDateFormat> element is similar to the existing Gregorian <DateFormat> element. You define the following attributes:

Date format	Description
`long`, `medium`	PolicyCenter uses only the `long` and `medium` date formats to display Japanese dates. You cannot use these fields to format user input data.
`short`	PolicyCenter uses the `short` date format to format user date input. Any date input format pattern that you choose must be compatible with the fixed width of the input mask. Guidewire recommends that you use `short="G yy/MM/dd"`.
`yearSymbol`	PolicyCenter uses the Japanese `yearSymbol` as a signal to render the Japanese Imperial calendar date picker.

To see the default setting for the Japanese Imperial calendar in the PolicyCenter base configuration, open file localization_ja_JP.xml in following Guidewire Studio location:

configuration > config > Localizations