The impact of using Gregorian calendar dates in systems that adapt localization: In the case of Ethiopia

Journal Title: IOSR Journals (IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering) - Year 2017, Vol 19, Issue 6

Abstract

Ethiopian calendar has 13 months in which 12 months have 30 days equal and the 13th month has 5 or 6 days length. Date is one of the inputs for web or desktop applications. Java Development Kit(JDK) and JodaTime Date Time package have been used for date manipulation in java based applications developed for local use in Ethiopia. Besides, Gregorian calendar date time pickers have also been used in web applications. This leads the application developers not to fully adapt localization. To fill this gap we developed JavaScript Date Picker and date manipulator java package in Ethiopian calendar basis. The first product consists of Amharic week day and month names which enable users to pick Ethiopian date as an input in web applications. The second product is used to manipulate Ethiopian date in java desktop and web applications. In the package different methods are defined to perform date related activities such as date calculations, extraction of date element in a given date, presentation of date in different date formats like መስከረም 12, 2010 etc. Unlike other date time java packages, dealing with Ethiopian dates using our date package does not require date conversion. Testing of the products produced the expected result.

Authors and Affiliations

Getnet Mossie Zeleke, Metages Molla Gubena

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  • EP ID EP386176
  • DOI 10.9790/0661-1904019197
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Getnet Mossie Zeleke, Metages Molla Gubena (2017). The impact of using Gregorian calendar dates in systems that adapt localization: In the case of Ethiopia. IOSR Journals (IOSR Journal of Computer Engineering), 19(6), 91-97. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-386176