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diff --git a/deps/icu-small/source/i18n/unicode/calendar.h b/deps/icu-small/source/i18n/unicode/calendar.h
index 48021534b4..023cf053f2 100644
--- a/deps/icu-small/source/i18n/unicode/calendar.h
+++ b/deps/icu-small/source/i18n/unicode/calendar.h
@@ -52,83 +52,64 @@ typedef int32_t UFieldResolutionTable[12][8];
class BasicTimeZone;
/**
- * <code>Calendar</code> is an abstract base class for converting between
- * a <code>UDate</code> object and a set of integer fields such as
- * <code>YEAR</code>, <code>MONTH</code>, <code>DAY</code>, <code>HOUR</code>,
- * and so on. (A <code>UDate</code> object represents a specific instant in
+ * `Calendar` is an abstract base class for converting between
+ * a `UDate` object and a set of integer fields such as
+ * `YEAR`, `MONTH`, `DAY`, `HOUR`, and so on.
+ * (A `UDate` object represents a specific instant in
* time with millisecond precision. See UDate
- * for information about the <code>UDate</code> class.)
+ * for information about the `UDate` class.)
*
- * <p>
- * Subclasses of <code>Calendar</code> interpret a <code>UDate</code>
+ * Subclasses of `Calendar` interpret a `UDate`
* according to the rules of a specific calendar system.
- * The most commonly used subclass of <code>Calendar</code> is
- * <code>GregorianCalendar</code>. Other subclasses could represent
+ * The most commonly used subclass of `Calendar` is
+ * `GregorianCalendar`. Other subclasses could represent
* the various types of lunar calendars in use in many parts of the world.
*
- * <p>
- * <b>NOTE</b>: (ICU 2.6) The subclass interface should be considered unstable
- * - it WILL change.
+ * **NOTE**: (ICU 2.6) The subclass interface should be considered unstable -
+ * it WILL change.
*
- * <p>
- * Like other locale-sensitive classes, <code>Calendar</code> provides a
- * static method, <code>createInstance</code>, for getting a generally useful
- * object of this type. <code>Calendar</code>'s <code>createInstance</code> method
- * returns the appropriate <code>Calendar</code> subclass whose
+ * Like other locale-sensitive classes, `Calendar` provides a
+ * static method, `createInstance`, for getting a generally useful
+ * object of this type. `Calendar`'s `createInstance` method
+ * returns the appropriate `Calendar` subclass whose
* time fields have been initialized with the current date and time:
- * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
- * <pre>
- * Calendar *rightNow = Calendar::createInstance(errCode);
- * </pre>
- * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
*
- * <p>
- * A <code>Calendar</code> object can produce all the time field values
+ * Calendar *rightNow = Calendar::createInstance(errCode);
+ *
+ * A `Calendar` object can produce all the time field values
* needed to implement the date-time formatting for a particular language
* and calendar style (for example, Japanese-Gregorian, Japanese-Traditional).
*
- * <p>
- * When computing a <code>UDate</code> from time fields, some special circumstances
+ * When computing a `UDate` from time fields, some special circumstances
* may arise: there may be insufficient information to compute the
- * <code>UDate</code> (such as only year and month but no day in the month),
+ * `UDate` (such as only year and month but no day in the month),
* there may be inconsistent information (such as "Tuesday, July 15, 1996"
* -- July 15, 1996 is actually a Monday), or the input time might be ambiguous
* because of time zone transition.
*
- * <p>
- * <strong>Insufficient information.</strong> The calendar will use default
+ * **Insufficient information.** The calendar will use default
* information to specify the missing fields. This may vary by calendar; for
* the Gregorian calendar, the default for a field is the same as that of the
* start of the epoch: i.e., YEAR = 1970, MONTH = JANUARY, DATE = 1, etc.
*
- * <p>
- * <strong>Inconsistent information.</strong> If fields conflict, the calendar
+ * **Inconsistent information.** If fields conflict, the calendar
* will give preference to fields set more recently. For example, when
* determining the day, the calendar will look for one of the following
* combinations of fields. The most recent combination, as determined by the
* most recently set single field, will be used.
*
- * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
- * <pre>
- * MONTH + DAY_OF_MONTH
- * MONTH + WEEK_OF_MONTH + DAY_OF_WEEK
- * MONTH + DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH + DAY_OF_WEEK
- * DAY_OF_YEAR
- * DAY_OF_WEEK + WEEK_OF_YEAR
- * </pre>
- * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
+ * MONTH + DAY_OF_MONTH
+ * MONTH + WEEK_OF_MONTH + DAY_OF_WEEK
+ * MONTH + DAY_OF_WEEK_IN_MONTH + DAY_OF_WEEK
+ * DAY_OF_YEAR
+ * DAY_OF_WEEK + WEEK_OF_YEAR
*
* For the time of day:
*
- * \htmlonly<blockquote>\endhtmlonly
- * <pre>
- * HOUR_OF_DAY
- * AM_PM + HOUR
- * </pre>
- * \htmlonly</blockquote>\endhtmlonly
+ * HOUR_OF_DAY
+ * AM_PM + HOUR
*
- * <p>
- * <strong>Ambiguous Wall Clock Time.</strong> When time offset from UTC has
+ * **Ambiguous Wall Clock Time.** When time offset from UTC has
* changed, it produces an ambiguous time slot around the transition. For example,
* many US locations observe daylight saving time. On the date switching to daylight
* saving time in US, wall clock time jumps from 12:59 AM (standard) to 2:00 AM
@@ -138,64 +119,66 @@ class BasicTimeZone;
* In this example, 1:30 AM is interpreted as 1:30 AM standard time (non-exist),
* so the final result will be 2:30 AM daylight time.
*
- * <p>On the date switching back to standard time, wall clock time is moved back one
+ * On the date switching back to standard time, wall clock time is moved back one
* hour at 2:00 AM. So wall clock time from 1:00 AM to 1:59 AM occur twice. In this
* case, the ICU Calendar resolves the time using the UTC offset after the transition
* by default. For example, 1:30 AM on the date is resolved as 1:30 AM standard time.
*
- * <p>Ambiguous wall clock time resolution behaviors can be customized by Calendar APIs
+ * Ambiguous wall clock time resolution behaviors can be customized by Calendar APIs
* {@link #setRepeatedWallTimeOption} and {@link #setSkippedWallTimeOption}.
* These methods are available in ICU 49 or later versions.
*
- * <p>
- * <strong>Note:</strong> for some non-Gregorian calendars, different
+ * **Note:** for some non-Gregorian calendars, different
* fields may be necessary for complete disambiguation. For example, a full
- * specification of the historial Arabic astronomical calendar requires year,
- * month, day-of-month <em>and</em> day-of-week in some cases.
+ * specification of the historical Arabic astronomical calendar requires year,
+ * month, day-of-month *and* day-of-week in some cases.
*
- * <p>
- * <strong>Note:</strong> There are certain possible ambiguities in
+ * **Note:** There are certain possible ambiguities in
* interpretation of certain singular times, which are resolved in the
* following ways:
- * <ol>
- * <li> 24:00:00 "belongs" to the following day. That is,
- * 23:59 on Dec 31, 1969 &lt; 24:00 on Jan 1, 1970 &lt; 24:01:00 on Jan 1, 1970
*
- * <li> Although historically not precise, midnight also belongs to "am",
- * and noon belongs to "pm", so on the same day,
- * 12:00 am (midnight) &lt; 12:01 am, and 12:00 pm (noon) &lt; 12:01 pm
- * </ol>
+ * 1. 24:00:00 "belongs" to the following day. That is,
+ * 23:59 on Dec 31, 1969 < 24:00 on Jan 1, 1970 < 24:01:00 on Jan 1, 1970
+ * 2. Although historically not precise, midnight also belongs to "am",
+ * and noon belongs to "pm", so on the same day,
+ * 12:00 am (midnight) < 12:01 am, and 12:00 pm (noon) < 12:01 pm
*
- * <p>
* The date or time format strings are not part of the definition of a
* calendar, as those must be modifiable or overridable by the user at
- * runtime. Use {@link DateFormat}
- * to format dates.
+ * runtime. Use `DateFormat` to format dates.
*
- * <p>
- * <code>Calendar</code> provides an API for field "rolling", where fields
+ * `Calendar` provides an API for field "rolling", where fields
* can be incremented or decremented, but wrap around. For example, rolling the
- * month up in the date <code>December 12, <b>1996</b></code> results in
- * <code>January 12, <b>1996</b></code>.
+ * month up in the date December 12, **1996** results in
+ * January 12, **1996**.
*
- * <p>
- * <code>Calendar</code> also provides a date arithmetic function for
+ * `Calendar` also provides a date arithmetic function for
* adding the specified (signed) amount of time to a particular time field.
- * For example, subtracting 5 days from the date <code>September 12, 1996</code>
- * results in <code>September 7, 1996</code>.
+ * For example, subtracting 5 days from the date `September 12, 1996`
+ * results in `September 7, 1996`.
*
- * <p><big><b>Supported range</b></big>
+ * ***Supported range***
*
- * <p>The allowable range of <code>Calendar</code> has been
- * narrowed. <code>GregorianCalendar</code> used to attempt to support
- * the range of dates with millisecond values from
- * <code>Long.MIN_VALUE</code> to <code>Long.MAX_VALUE</code>.
- * The new <code>Calendar</code> protocol specifies the
+ * The allowable range of `Calendar` has been narrowed. `GregorianCalendar` used
+ * to attempt to support the range of dates with millisecond values from
+ * `Long.MIN_VALUE` to `Long.MAX_VALUE`. The new `Calendar` protocol specifies the
* maximum range of supportable dates as those having Julian day numbers
- * of <code>-0x7F000000</code> to <code>+0x7F000000</code>. This
- * corresponds to years from ~5,800,000 BCE to ~5,800,000 CE. Programmers
- * should use the protected constants in <code>Calendar</code> to
- * specify an extremely early or extremely late date.</p>
+ * of `-0x7F000000` to `+0x7F000000`. This corresponds to years from ~5,800,000 BCE
+ * to ~5,800,000 CE. Programmers should use the protected constants in `Calendar` to
+ * specify an extremely early or extremely late date.
+ *
+ * <p>
+ * The Japanese calendar uses a combination of era name and year number.
+ * When an emperor of Japan abdicates and a new emperor ascends the throne,
+ * a new era is declared and year number is reset to 1. Even if the date of
+ * abdication is scheduled ahead of time, the new era name might not be
+ * announced until just before the date. In such case, ICU4C may include
+ * a start date of future era without actual era name, but not enabled
+ * by default. ICU4C users who want to test the behavior of the future era
+ * can enable the tentative era by:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li>Environment variable <code>ICU_ENABLE_TENTATIVE_ERA=true</code>.</li>
+ * </ul>
*
* @stable ICU 2.0
*/
@@ -903,7 +886,7 @@ public:
/**
* Sets the behavior for handling wall time repeating multiple times
* at negative time zone offset transitions. For example, 1:30 AM on
- * November 6, 2011 in US Eastern time (Ameirca/New_York) occurs twice;
+ * November 6, 2011 in US Eastern time (America/New_York) occurs twice;
* 1:30 AM EDT, then 1:30 AM EST one hour later. When <code>UCAL_WALLTIME_FIRST</code>
* is used, the wall time 1:30AM in this example will be interpreted as 1:30 AM EDT
* (first occurrence). When <code>UCAL_WALLTIME_LAST</code> is used, it will be
@@ -1718,9 +1701,7 @@ protected:
/**
* Validate a single field of this calendar. Subclasses should
* override this method to validate any calendar-specific fields.
- * Generic fields can be handled by
- * <code>Calendar::validateField()</code>.
- * @see #validateField(int, int, int, int&)
+ * Generic fields can be handled by `Calendar::validateField()`.
* @internal
*/
virtual void validateField(UCalendarDateFields field, UErrorCode &status);
@@ -2171,7 +2152,7 @@ private:
TimeZone* fZone;
/**
- * Option for rpeated wall time
+ * Option for repeated wall time
* @see #setRepeatedWallTimeOption
*/
UCalendarWallTimeOption fRepeatedWallTime;
@@ -2456,7 +2437,7 @@ private:
BasicTimeZone* getBasicTimeZone() const;
/**
- * Find the previous zone transtion near the given time.
+ * Find the previous zone transition near the given time.
* @param base The base time, inclusive
* @param transitionTime Receives the result time
* @param status The error status