Date (Western Calendar)

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Date (Western Calendar)
Description	The Date (Western Calendar) standardization definition standardizes date expressions to Western calendar format.
Examples	Input	Output	Explanation
	２００１／３／１４	2001/03/14	Standardize Fullwidth characters to Halfwidth.
	2001年3月14日	2001/03/14	Standardize calendar identifier to YYYY/MM/DD format.
	3/14/2001	2001/03/14	Consider 4-digit number as year.
	14-mar-01	2001/03/14	Standardize month name to digit. When the day and year are ambiguous, consider the last number to be the year.
	H13.3.14	2001/03/14	Convert Nengo year to western year.
	平成13年3月14日	2001/03/14	Convert Nengo year to western year.
	平成十三年三月十四日	2001/03/14	Standardize Kanji numbers.
	平成元年三月十四日	1989/03/14
Remarks	This definition supports dates from 1901 (明治34年) to 2050 (平成62年). The definition assumes two-digit years 00-29 are 2000-2029. The definition assumes two-digit years 30-99 are 1930-1999.