Converting dates in Japan service records

I wonder if anyone else has Japanese service books for their import and reading through them thought wtf is up with the dates.. it seems that Japan instead of years use a system of Heisei or how many years since the last emperor started his reign

Year Heisei
1990 2
1991 3
1992 4
1993 5
1994 6
1995 7
1996 8
1997 9
1998 10
1999 11
2000 12
2001 13
2002 14
2003 15
2004 16
2005 17
2006 18
2007 19
2008 20
2009 21

They also seem to use this Heisei dating when advertising cars online.

HTH
John

 

Never noticed that, will have to have another look

 

The old zeds... 260, 280

Where Showa.....them were the days....

 

year dates

first year 0 to 1 is year one ,1 to 2 is year two.etc.:zlove:

 

The sticker on my timing belt has 5 , 6. so 5 would be the month and 6 the year?

Which means my timing belt is real old.