[Bug 18262] This syntax for valid time strings does not work for other locales. In Italy, they use a "." for the separator instead of a colon. The tags using a time string need to allow for a locale attribute so that the syntax can be determined, OR this syntax needs

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18262

Edward O'Connor <eoconnor@apple.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
                 CC|                            |eoconnor@apple.com
         Resolution|                            |WONTFIX

--- Comment #1 from Edward O'Connor <eoconnor@apple.com> 2012-08-23 20:57:42 UTC ---
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Status: Rejected
Change Description: No change.
Rationale: The idea is that the on-the-wire format is not
locale-specific but always in an unambiguous globally machine-readable
format defined basically by ISO. The UI can be locale-specific, but
that's up to the UA.

(There's a separate bug about allowing the page to request specific locales'
UIs, but that's different.)

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Received on Thursday, 23 August 2012 20:57:44 UTC