Re: [http-state] cookie dates [was Re: Status update]

On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, Julian Reschke wrote:
> 
> For instance, when I look at "month" I find:
> 
> "2.4.5.1 Months
> 
> A month consists of a specific proleptic Gregorian date with no time-zone
> information and no date information beyond a year and a month. [GREGORIAN]
> 
> A string is a valid month string representing a year year and month month if
> it consists of the following components in the given order:
> 
>    1. Four or more digits, representing year, where year > 0
>    2. A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-)
>    3. Two digits, representing the month month, in the range 1 ≤ month ≤
> 12"
> 
> So it defines "month" (in bold) to be a date, consisting of a year and a month
> (non-bold). This is confusing.
> 
> Why not simply say:
> 
>   year  = 4*DIGIT ; 4 or more digits, year > 0
>   month = 2DIGIT  ; 2 digits, 1 <= month <= 12
> 
>   month-string = year "-" month
> 
> ?

That's a matter of opinion. Personally I find the prose version much more 
approachable.

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