Re: Looking at the time element (again) (ISSUE-97)

2011/11/11 Jeni Tennison <jeni@jenitennison.com>:
> Niklas,
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> On 11 Nov 2011, at 15:55, Niklas Lindström wrote:
>> I also think we should consider whether xsd:gYear, xsd:gYearMonth and
>> xsd:gMonthDay can be captured as well (since years less than 1000 must
>> be padded with leading zeros [1]). Of course, xsd:gMonth and xsd:gDay
>> are too ambiguous, as today's date so amply indicates. ;)
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> xsd:gMonth and xsd:gDay aren't ambiguous. Months have the format --MM, so November is "--11" whereas days have the format ---DD so the 11th day of each month is "---11".

I should have checked those too of course. I stand corrected. :)

> As I said in the mail I just sent, I don't know which subset of formats will be supported by the new <time> element.

Yes, I agree (also with Ivan). The <time> spec should define what is
to be supported.

Best regards,
Niklas


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