hixie: Date/time form controls: Add notes saying that the UI doesn't have to match the submission format. Some day we'll add graphics to make it more obvious, but for now I don't want to bias implementations. (whatwg r5761)

hixie: Date/time form controls: Add notes saying that the UI doesn't
have to match the submission format. Some day we'll add graphics to make
it more obvious, but for now I don't want to bias implementations.
(whatwg r5761)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.4621&r2=1.4622&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=5760&to=5761

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RCS file: /sources/public/html5/spec/Overview.html,v
retrieving revision 1.4621
retrieving revision 1.4622
diff -u -d -r1.4621 -r1.4622
--- Overview.html 11 Jan 2011 00:03:48 -0000 1.4621
+++ Overview.html 11 Jan 2011 00:13:49 -0000 1.4622
@@ -32130,7 +32130,10 @@
   global date and time string</a> expressed in UTC representing the
   user's selection. User agents should allow the user to set the <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> to the empty string.</p>
 
-  </div><p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
+  </div><p class="note">The format shown to the user is independent of the
+  format used for form submission. Browsers are encouraged to use user
+  interfaces that present dates and times according to the conventions
+  of the user's preferred locale.<p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
   specified, must have a value that is a <a href="#valid-global-date-and-time-string">valid global date and
   time string</a>.</p><!-- ok to set out-of-range value, we never
   know when we might have to represent bogus input --><div class="impl">
@@ -32276,7 +32279,10 @@
   date string</a> representing the user's selection. User agents
   should allow the user to set the <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> to the empty string.</p>
 
-  </div><p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
+  </div><p class="note">The format shown to the user is independent of the
+  format used for form submission. Browsers are encouraged to use user
+  interfaces that present dates according to the conventions of the
+  user's preferred locale.<p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
   specified, must have a value that is a <a href="#valid-date-string">valid date
   string</a>.</p><!-- ok to set out-of-range value, we never know
   when we might have to represent bogus input --><div class="impl">
@@ -32402,7 +32408,10 @@
   month string</a> representing the user's selection. User agents
   should allow the user to set the <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> to the empty string.</p>
 
-  </div><p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
+  </div><p class="note">The format shown to the user is independent of the
+  format used for form submission. Browsers are encouraged to use user
+  interfaces that present months according to the conventions of the
+  user's preferred locale.<p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
   specified, must have a value that is a <a href="#valid-month-string">valid month
   string</a>.</p><!-- ok to set out-of-range value, we never know
   when we might have to represent bogus input --><div class="impl">
@@ -32529,7 +32538,10 @@
   week string</a> representing the user's selection. User agents
   should allow the user to set the <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> to the empty string.</p>
 
-  </div><p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
+  </div><p class="note">The format shown to the user is independent of the
+  format used for form submission. Browsers are encouraged to use user
+  interfaces that present weeks according to the conventions of the
+  user's preferred locale.<p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
   specified, must have a value that is a <a href="#valid-week-string">valid week
   string</a>.</p><!-- ok to set out-of-range value, we never know
   when we might have to represent bogus input --><div class="impl">
@@ -32659,7 +32671,10 @@
   time string</a> representing the user's selection. User agents
   should allow the user to set the <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> to the empty string.</p>
 
-  </div><p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
+  </div><p class="note">The format shown to the user is independent of the
+  format used for form submission. Browsers are encouraged to use user
+  interfaces that present times according to the conventions of the
+  user's preferred locale.<p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
   specified, must have a value that is a <a href="#valid-time-string">valid time
   string</a>.</p><!-- ok to set out-of-range value, we never know
   when we might have to represent bogus input --><div class="impl">
@@ -32785,7 +32800,10 @@
   <a href="#valid-local-date-and-time-string">valid local date and time string</a> representing the
   user's selection. User agents should allow the user to set the <a href="#concept-fe-value" title="concept-fe-value">value</a> to the empty string.</p>
 
-  </div><p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
+  </div><p class="note">The format shown to the user is independent of the
+  format used for form submission. Browsers are encouraged to use user
+  interfaces that present dates and times according to the conventions
+  of the user's preferred locale.<p>The <code title="attr-input-value"><a href="#attr-input-value">value</a></code> attribute, if
   specified, must have a value that is a <a href="#valid-local-date-and-time-string">valid local date and
   time string</a>.</p><!-- ok to set out-of-range value, we never
   know when we might have to represent bogus input --><div class="impl">

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