<era>

Era of Time

A specified range of years that is named for an event, political ruler, or characterization of the timespan.

Remarks

Eras are used in modern date representations of dates in, for example, Japan, Korea, China, and Vietnam. As an example, “2013” is in the Japanese era “昭和” (Heisei 25).

Attributes

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  era         (#PCDATA)                                     >

Description

Text, numbers, or special characters

This element may be contained in:

Example

...
<date date-type="received" calendar="Japanese" 
  iso-8601-date="2013-07-01">
<day>1</day>
<month>7</month>
<year>25</year>
<era>平成</era> 
</date>
...