Re: [XForms 1.1] i18n comment: Availability of time zone information unclear (PR#12)

Thank you for your reply. I'm satisfied with your resolution. If you 
don't hear from other participants of the i18n core WG until Wednesday 
next week (19 Sept), please regard this issue as closed.

Felix

Ulrich Nicolas Lissé wrote:
> Hello,
>
> the method by which the XForms processor gets the timezone info from the user
> agent is not specified because it is implementation-defined.
>
> Regards,
> Ulrich Nicolas Lissé.
> For the Forms WG
>
>   
>> Comment from the i18n review of:
>> http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-xforms11-20070222/
>>
>> Comment 8.
>> At http://www.w3.org/International/reviews/0704-xforms11/
>> Editorial/substantive: S
>> Location in reviewed document:
>> 7.10.6 and 7.10.7
>> Availability of time zone information unclear
>>
>> Comment:
>>
>> Sec. 7.10.6 contains the statement:
>>
>>
>>   This function returns a lexical xsd:date obtained as if by the following  
>> rules: the result of now() is converted to a local date based on the user  
>> agent time zone information.
>>
>>     
>>> From this statement it is unclear what kind of indicator the user agent  
>>> should use to provide time zone information. The same unclearness is in  
>>> sec.7.10.7.
>>>       
>>
>>
>>
>>     

Received on Thursday, 13 September 2007 12:02:48 UTC