[Bug 15114] New: A "date-optional-state" should be available, for when the specifity of the date is unknown. This would give the user the option of selecting a year, month, or day. Any additional requirements (e.g. required month) can be taken care of with [pattern]. Woul

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15114

           Summary: A "date-optional-state" should be available, for when
                    the specifity of the date is unknown. This would give
                    the user the option of selecting a year, month, or
                    day. Any additional requirements (e.g. required month)
                    can be taken care of with [pattern]. Woul
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#dat
                    e-state
        OS/Version: other
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: other Hixie drafts (editor: Ian Hickson)
        AssignedTo: ian@hixie.ch
        ReportedBy: contributor@whatwg.org
         QAContact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org


Specification:
http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/states-of-the-type-attribute.html
Multipage: http://www.whatwg.org/C#date-state
Complete: http://www.whatwg.org/c#date-state

Comment:
A "date-optional-state" should be available, for when the specifity of the
date is unknown. This would give the user the option of selecting a year,
month, or day. Any additional requirements (e.g. required month) can be taken
care of with [pattern]. Would be just like "date-state", but parameters on end
would be optional (e.g. "YYYY[-MM[-DD]]"). Optionally, "0"s could be used,
rather than omitting (e.g. "YYYY-00-00" or "YYYY-MM-00"). Example use case:
Published Date for books. Publishers sometimes only list a month (esp. when
published on different days across time zones), but more detail is preferred.
Two inputs ("Month" and "Date") is not possible as it requires a script for
validation ([required] for both locks form) and people try to fill out all
form fields (duplicates is confusing). Using [pattern] as-is is not a solution
as it does not present the user with a date picker.

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