Set the locale to Japanese

Use the [locale_japanese] method. This example sets a locale to the default, updates it to [locale_japanese] and outputs the difference.

Code

var(myLocale = locale_default,
     myDate = date)

$myLocale->asString +': '+$myLocale->format($myDate)+'\n'

$myLocale = locale_japanese

$myLocale->asString +': '+$myLocale->format($myDate)+'\n'

Result

en_CA: 2011-02-12
ja: 2011/02/12