Module:Japanese calendar/doc

This module is used to calculate dates in the Japanese calendar. It defines an "era" class which is designed to be called from other Lua modules, and it also contains several functions to export Japanese calendar data directly to Wikipedia pages through #invoke.

Usage

Through #invoke

{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|function_name|year=year|article=article|kanji=kanji}}

The function name specifies how the data should be outputted. The year, article, and kanji parameters determine what era and year the module outputs.

Functions

Code	Description	Example
baseyear	The first year of the specified era.	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|baseyear|article=Heisei}} →
year	The year for the specified era, without the era name.	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|year|year=1989}} → 1
kanjiyear	The same as year, but in kanji. Only affects the first year of an era.	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|kanjiyear|year=1989}} → 元
article	The Wikipedia article for the era, unlinked.	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|article|year=1950}} → Shōwa (1926–1989)
label	The name of the era. Same as article for undisambiguated titles.	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|label|year=1950}} → Shōwa
link	A link to the Wikipedia article of the specified era.	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|link|year=1950}} → Shōwa
kanji	The kanji for the specified era.	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|kanji|year=1950}} → 昭和
label_year	label followed by year	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|label_year|year=1989}} → Heisei 1
link_year	link followed by year	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|link_year|year=1989}} → Heisei 1
label_kanjiyear	label followed by kanjiyear	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|label_kanjiyear|year=1989}} → Heisei 元
link_kanjiyear	link followed by kanjiyear	{{#invoke:Japanese calendar|link_kanjiyear|year=1989}} → Heisei 元