Converting Japanese Calendar Dates to Western Calendar Using HuTime Calendar Conversion Service
Overview I had the opportunity to convert Japanese calendar dates (wareki) to Western calendar dates using the calendar conversion service of HuTime, a temporal information analysis software, so here are my notes. https://www.hutime.jp/ Conversion Example Enter a Japanese calendar date in the {Japanese calendar date} field of the following URL: https://ap.hutime.org/cal/?method=conv&ical=1001.1&itype=date&ival={Japanese calendar date}&ocal=101.1&oform=yyyy-MM-dd&out=json For example, for “Keio 4, September 8” (the date the Meiji era began): https://ap.hutime.org/cal/?method=conv&ical=1001.1&itype=date&ival=慶応4年9月8日&ocal=101.1&oform=yyyy-MM-dd&out=json Other Usage Detailed instructions are available at the following page. Please refer to it for parameter specifications and other details. ...