It seems that the system property only supports one additional era. Given that Japanese eras are based on human lifetimes, that seems an invalid assumption. Stephen
On 22 July 2014 08:06, Masayoshi Okutsu <masayoshi.oku...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hello, > > Please review the change for JDK-8048123. This change removes all the era > definitions in ${java.home}/lib/calendars.properties. (The property file > will eventually be gone later.) The major change is that any new era of the > Japanese calendar should now be defined using new property > "jdk.calendar.japanese.supplemental.era". > > https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8048123 > > Webrev includes some unrelated cleanups. > > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~okutsu/9/8048123/webrev.00/ > > Thanks, > Masayoshi