[Bug 15278] Adding Islamic calendar support in HTML5

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15278

Lars Gunther <webmaster@keryx.se> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Lars Gunther <webmaster@keryx.se> 2011-12-20 16:14:12 UTC ---
While I do not wish to discriminate against any non-western culture, it should
be noted that there are lots of calendars besides the Gregorian, which makes me
skeptic about this proposal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar#Currently_used_calendars

Adding native support for these in HTML5 would need lots of research and
consideration. E.g. what would the toolchains look like, how would the dates be
presented in different locales and languages, etc, etc.

And what calendars should be included?

Outside of HTML there are very few tools that support other dates than the
Gregorian, e.g. I've yet to see a database that has a native date format that
is appropriate for the Islamic, Chinese, Hebrew or Indian calendar.

Presentation is a different factor. Outlook supports Arabic, English, Hebrew,
Hindi, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Thai calendars.

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook-help/display-an-alternate-calendar-HA010166885.aspx

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