Re: What a <time> element represents

On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Cameron McCormack<cam@mcc.id.au> wrote:
> Currently the spec says:
>
>  The time element represents a precise date and/or a time in the
>  proleptic Gregorian calendar.
>
> but it should probably say something like:
>
>  The time element represents a time, a date or a precise moment in time
>  with an associated time zone offset.

You have to keep reference to the proleptic Gregorian calendar, there
was a blogpost I can't find back about time and dates across history
explaining that.

> Also, I think mentions of time zones in this section should be replaced
> with mentions of time zone offsets.

Yes, that would be more clear.

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