html5/spec Overview.html,1.1608,1.1609

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Define meaning of dates before 1582. (whatwg r2437)

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@@ -2260,8 +2260,8 @@
   and time syntaxes defined in this section must be characters in the
   range U+0030 DIGIT ZERO to U+0039 DIGIT NINE, used to express
   numbers in base ten.<h5 id=months><span class=secno>2.4.4.1 </span>Months</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-month title=concept-month>month</dfn> consists of a specific
-  Gregorian date with no timezone information and no date information
-  beyond a year and a month. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-month-string>valid month string</dfn> representing a year
+  proleptic Gregorian date with no timezone information and no date
+  information beyond a year and a month. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-month-string>valid month string</dfn> representing a year
   <var title="">year</var> and month <var title="">month</var> if it
   consists of the following components in the given order:<ol><li>Four or more <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>, representing <var title="">year</var>, where <var title="">year</var>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;0</li>
 
@@ -2317,8 +2317,8 @@
    <li><p>Return <var title="">year</var> and <var title="">month</var>.</li>
 
   </ol><h5 id=dates><span class=secno>2.4.4.2 </span>Dates</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-date title=concept-date>date</dfn> consists of a specific
-  Gregorian date with no timezone information, consisting of a year, a
-  month, and a day. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-date-string>valid date string</dfn> representing a year
+  proleptic Gregorian date with no timezone information, consisting of
+  a year, a month, and a day. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-date-string>valid date string</dfn> representing a year
   <var title="">year</var>, month <var title="">month</var>, and day
   <var title="">day</var> if it consists of the following components
   in the given order:<ol><li>A <a href=#valid-month-string>valid month string</a>, representing <var title="">year</var> and <var title="">month</var></li>
@@ -2493,10 +2493,10 @@
    and <var title="">second</var>.</li>
 
   </ol><h5 id=local-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.4 </span>Local dates and times</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-datetime-local title=concept-datetime-local>local date and time</dfn>
-  consists of a specific Gregorian date, consisting of a year, a
-  month, and a day, and a time, consisting of an hour, a minute, a
-  second, and a fraction of a second, but expressed without a time
-  zone. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-local-date-and-time-string>valid local date and time string</dfn>
+  consists of a specific proleptic Gregorian date, consisting of a
+  year, a month, and a day, and a time, consisting of an hour, a
+  minute, a second, and a fraction of a second, but expressed without
+  a time zone. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-local-date-and-time-string>valid local date and time string</dfn>
   representing a date and time if it consists of the following
   components in the given order:<ol><li>A <a href=#valid-date-string>valid date string</a> representing the date.</li>
 
@@ -2532,10 +2532,10 @@
    <li><p>Return <var title="">date</var> and <var title="">time</var>.</li>
 
   </ol><h5 id=global-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.5 </span>Global dates and times</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-datetime title=concept-datetime>global date and time</dfn>
-  consists of a specific Gregorian date, consisting of a year, a
-  month, and a day, and a time, consisting of an hour, a minute, a
-  second, and a fraction of a second, expressed with a time zone,
-  consisting of a number of hours and minutes. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a></p><!--XXX [GREGORIAN] should point to
+  consists of a specific proleptic Gregorian date, consisting of a
+  year, a month, and a day, and a time, consisting of an hour, a
+  minute, a second, and a fraction of a second, expressed with a time
+  zone, consisting of a number of hours and minutes. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a></p><!--XXX [GREGORIAN] should point to
   <dd id="refsGREGORIAN">[GREGORIAN]</dd>
   <dd>(Non-normative) <cite>Inter Gravissimas</cite>, A. Lilius, C. Clavius. Gregory XIII Papal Bulls, February 1582.</dd>
   --><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-global-date-and-time-string>valid global date and time string</dfn>
@@ -2604,9 +2604,9 @@
     <li>To unambiguously identify a moment in time prior to the
     introduction of the Gregorian calendar, the date has to be first
     converted to the Gregorian calendar from the calendar in use at
-    the time (e.g. from the Julian calendar). The date of Nero's
-    birth is the 15th of December 37, in the Julian Calendar, which
-    is the 13th of December 37 in the Gregorian Calendar.</li> <!--
+    the time (e.g. from the Julian calendar). The date of Nero's birth
+    is the 15th of December 37, in the Julian Calendar, which is the
+    13th of December 37 in the proleptic Gregorian Calendar.</li> <!--
     XXX this might not be true. I can't find a reference that gives
     his birthday with an explicit statement about the calendar being
     used. However, it seems unlikely that it would be given in the
@@ -2725,15 +2725,15 @@
   1970. Consecutive weeks are numbered sequentially. The week before
   the number 1 week in a week-year is the last week in the previous
   week-year, and vice versa. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p>A week-year with a number <var title="">year</var> that
-  corresponds to a year <var title="">year</var> in the Gregorian
-  calendar that has a Thursday as its first day (January 1st), and a
-  week-year <var title="">year</var> where <var title="">year</var> is
-  a number divisible by 400, or a number divisible by 4 but not by
-  100, has 53 weeks. All other week-years have 52 weeks.<p>The <dfn id=week-number-of-the-last-day>week number of the last day</dfn> of a week-year with 53
+  corresponds to a year <var title="">year</var> in the proleptic
+  Gregorian calendar that has a Thursday as its first day (January
+  1st), and a week-year <var title="">year</var> where <var title="">year</var> is a number divisible by 400, or a number
+  divisible by 4 but not by 100, has 53 weeks. All other week-years
+  have 52 weeks.<p>The <dfn id=week-number-of-the-last-day>week number of the last day</dfn> of a week-year with 53
   weeks is 53; the week number of the last day of a week-year with 52
   weeks is 52.<p class=note>The week-year number of a particular day can be
   different than the number of the year that contains that day in the
-  Gregorian calendar. The first week in a week-year <var title="">year</var> is the week that contains the first Thursday of
+  proleptic Gregorian calendar. The first week in a week-year <var title="">year</var> is the week that contains the first Thursday of
   the Gregorian year <var title="">year</var>.<p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-week-string>valid week string</dfn> representing a
   week-year <var title="">year</var> and week <var title="">week</var>
   if it consists of the following components in the given order:<ol><li>Four or more <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>, representing <var title="">year</var>, where <var title="">year</var>&nbsp;&gt;&nbsp;0</li>

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