On date and time formatting:

The forthcoming ISO TR 14652 can handle data formats in various ways, 
including non-gregorian calendar systems like Japanese, Chinese, Hebrew
and Arabic calenders.
Check it out at http://www.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg20 and see under
the current draft for 14652. There is an acompanying API draft
Called ISO 15435 also at the same web site.

Kind regards
Keld Simonsen

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