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- Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 00:58:19 +0000
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Define 'local date and time', 'date', 'time', and redefine 'global date and time' in a more factored-out way. (whatwg r2382)
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<li><a href=#lists-of-integers><span class=secno>2.4.3.6 </span>Lists of integers</a></ol></li>
<li><a href=#dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4 </span>Dates and times</a>
<ol>
- <li><a href=#global-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.1 </span>Global dates and times</a></li>
- <li><a href=#local-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.2 </span>Local dates and times</a></li>
- <li><a href=#dates><span class=secno>2.4.4.3 </span>Dates</a></li>
- <li><a href=#months><span class=secno>2.4.4.4 </span>Months</a></li>
- <li><a href=#weeks><span class=secno>2.4.4.5 </span>Weeks</a></li>
- <li><a href=#times><span class=secno>2.4.4.6 </span>Times</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#dates><span class=secno>2.4.4.1 </span>Dates</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#times><span class=secno>2.4.4.2 </span>Times</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#local-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.3 </span>Local dates and times</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#global-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.4 </span>Global dates and times</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#months><span class=secno>2.4.4.5 </span>Months</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#weeks><span class=secno>2.4.4.6 </span>Weeks</a></li>
<li><a href=#vaguer-moments-in-time><span class=secno>2.4.4.7 </span>Vaguer moments in time</a></li>
<li><a href=#time-offsets><span class=secno>2.4.4.8 </span>Time offsets</a></ol></li>
<li><a href=#space-separated-tokens><span class=secno>2.4.5 </span>Space-separated tokens</a></li>
@@ -2230,50 +2230,267 @@
12; <em>30</em> if <var title="">month</var> is 4, 6, 9, or 11;
<em>29</em> if <var title="">month</var> is 2 and <var title="">year</var> is a number divisible by 400, or if <var title="">year</var> is a number divisible by 4 but not by 100; and
<em>28</em> otherwise. This takes into account leap years in the
- Gregorian calendar. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><h5 id=global-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.1 </span>Global dates and times</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-datetime title=concept-datetime>global date and time</dfn>
- consists of a specific Gregorian date, consisting of a year, a
- month, a day, an hour, a minute, a second, and a fraction of a
- second, expressed with a time zone, consisting of a number of hours
- and minutes. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a></p><!--XXX [GREGORIAN] should point to
- <dd id="refsGREGORIAN">[GREGORIAN]</dd>
- <dd>(Non-normative) <cite>Inter Gravissimas</cite>, A. Lilius, C. Clavius. Gregory XIII Papal Bulls, February 1582.</dd>
- --><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-global-date-and-time-string>valid global date and time string</dfn> if it
- has the components in the following list, in the given order, and if
- the components in the list follow the constraints given after the
- list:<ol><li>Four or more digits (representing the year)</li>
+ Gregorian calendar. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p>The <dfn id=concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</dfn> in the date
+ and time syntaxes defined in this section must be characters in the
+ range U+0030 DIGIT ZERO to U+0039 DIGIT NINE, used to express
+ numbers in base ten.<h5 id=dates><span class=secno>2.4.4.1 </span>Dates</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-date title=concept-date>date</dfn> consists of a specific
+ Gregorian date with no timezone information, consisting of a year, a
+ month, and a day. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-date-string>valid date string</dfn> if it has the
+ components in the following list, in the given order, and if the
+ components in the list follow the constraints given after the
+ list:<ol><li>Four or more <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the year)</li>
<li>A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-).</li>
- <li>Two digits (representing the month)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the month)</li>
<li>A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-).</li>
- <li>Two digits (representing the day)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the day)</li>
- <li>A U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T character.</li>
+ </ol><p>The aforementioned constraints are:<ul><li>The month <var title="">m</var> must be in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">m</var> ≤ 12.</li>
- <li>Two digits (representing the hour)</li>
+ <li>The day <var title="">d</var> must be in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">d</var> ≤ <var title="">D</var> where <var title="">D</var> is the <a href=#number-of-days-in-month-month-of-year-year title="number of days in month month of year year">number of days
+ in the given month and year</a>.</li>
+
+ </ul><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-date-string>parse a date string</dfn> are as follows. This
+ will either return a date, or nothing. If at any point the algorithm
+ says that it "fails", this means that it is aborted at that point
+ and returns nothing.<ol><li><p>Let <var title="">input</var> be the string being
+ parsed.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">position</var> be a pointer into <var title="">input</var>, initially pointing at the start of the
+ string.</li>
+
+ <li><p><a href=#parse-a-date-component>Parse a date component</a> to obtain <var title="">year</var>, <var title="">month</var>, and <var title="">day</var>. If this returns nothing, then fail.</p>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is <em>not</em> beyond the
+ end of <var title="">input</var>, then fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">date</var> be the date with year <var title="">year</var>, month <var title="">month</var>, and day <var title="">day</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">date</var>.</li>
+
+ </ol><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-date-component>parse a date component</dfn>, given an <var title="">input</var> string and a <var title="">position</var>, are
+ as follows. This will either return a year, a month, and a day, or
+ nothing. If at any point the algorithm says that it "fails", this
+ means that it is aborted at that point and returns nothing.<ol><li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
+ sequence is not at least four characters long, then
+ fail. Otherwise, interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten
+ integer. Let that number be the <var title="">year</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var> or if the character at <var title="">position</var> is not a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character,
+ then fail. Otherwise, move <var title="">position</var> forwards
+ one character.</li>
+
+ <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
+ sequence is not exactly two characters long, then fail. Otherwise,
+ interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Let that
+ number be the <var title="">month</var>.</li>
+
+ <li>If <var title="">month</var> is not a number in the range
+ 1 ≤ <var title="">month</var> ≤ 12, then
+ fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">maxday</var> be the <a href=#number-of-days-in-month-month-of-year-year>number of days
+ in month <var title="">month</var> of year <var title="">year</var></a>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var> or if the character at <var title="">position</var> is not a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character,
+ then fail. Otherwise, move <var title="">position</var> forwards
+ one character.</li>
+
+ <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
+ sequence is not exactly two characters long, then fail. Otherwise,
+ interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Let that
+ number be the <var title="">day</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">day</var> is not a number in the range
+ 1 ≤ <var title="">month</var> ≤ <var title="">maxday</var>, then fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">year</var>, <var title="">month</var>,
+ and <var title="">day</var>.</li>
+
+ </ol><h5 id=times><span class=secno>2.4.4.2 </span>Times</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-time title=concept-time>time</dfn> consists of a specific
+ time with no timezone information, consisting of an hour, a minute,
+ a second, and a fraction of a second.<p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-time-string>valid time string</dfn> if it has the
+ components in the following list, in the given order, and if the
+ components in the list follow the constraints given after the
+ list:<ol><li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the hour)</li>
<li>A U+003A COLON character (:).</li>
- <li>Two digits (representing the minutes)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the minutes)</li>
<li>Optionally:
<ol><li>A U+003A COLON character (:).</li>
- <li>Two digits (representing the integer part of the seconds)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the integer part of the seconds)</li>
<li>Optionally:
<ol><li>A 002E FULL STOP character (.)</li>
- <li>One or more digits (representing the fractional part of the seconds)</li>
+ <li>One or more <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the fractional part of the seconds)</li>
</ol></li>
</ol></li>
+ </ol><p>The aforementioned constraints are:<ul><li>The hour <var title="">h</var> must be in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">h</var> ≤ 23.</li>
+
+ <li>The minute <var title="">m</var> must be in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">m</var> ≤ 59.</li>
+
+ <li>If present, the second <var title="">s</var> (consisting of the
+ integer part and its fractional part) must be in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">s</var> < 60. (The
+ values 60 and 61 are not allowed: leap seconds cannot be
+ represented by datetime values.)</li>
+
+ </ul><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-time-string>parse a time string</dfn> are as follows. This
+ will either return a time, or nothing. If at any point the algorithm
+ says that it "fails", this means that it is aborted at that point
+ and returns nothing.<ol><li><p>Let <var title="">input</var> be the string being
+ parsed.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">position</var> be a pointer into <var title="">input</var>, initially pointing at the start of the
+ string.</li>
+
+ <li><p><a href=#parse-a-time-component>Parse a time component</a> to obtain <var title="">hour</var>, <var title="">minute</var>, and <var title="">second</var>. If this returns nothing, then fail.</p>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is <em>not</em> beyond the
+ end of <var title="">input</var>, then fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">time</var> be the time with hour <var title="">hour</var>, minute <var title="">minute</var>, and second
+ <var title="">second</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">time</var>.</li>
+
+ </ol><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-time-component>parse a time component</dfn>, given an <var title="">input</var> string and a <var title="">position</var>, are
+ as follows. This will either return an hour, a minute, and a second,
+ or nothing. If at any point the algorithm says that it "fails", this
+ means that it is aborted at that point and returns nothing.<ol><li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
+ sequence is not exactly two characters long, then fail. Otherwise,
+ interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Let that
+ number be the <var title="">hour</var>.</li>
+
+ <li>If <var title="">hour</var> is not a number in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">hour</var> ≤ 23, then
+ fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var> or if the character at <var title="">position</var> is not a U+003A COLON character, then
+ fail. Otherwise, move <var title="">position</var> forwards one
+ character.</li>
+
+ <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
+ sequence is not exactly two characters long, then fail. Otherwise,
+ interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Let that
+ number be the <var title="">minute</var>.</li>
+
+ <li>If <var title="">minute</var> is not a number in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">minute</var> ≤ 59, then
+ fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">second</var> be a string with the value
+ "0".</li>
+
+ <li>
+
+ <p>If <var title="">position</var> is not beyond the end of
+ <var title="">input</var> and the character at <var title="">position</var> is a U+003A COLON, then run these
+ substeps:</p>
+
+ <ol><li><p>Advance <var title="">position</var> to the next character
+ in <var title="">input</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var>, or at the last character in <var title="">input</var>, or if the next <em>two</em> characters in
+ <var title="">input</var> starting at <var title="">position</var> are not two characters both in the range
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9), then
+ fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> that are
+ either characters in the range U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039
+ DIGIT NINE (9) or U+002E FULL STOP characters. If the collected
+ sequence has more than one U+002E FULL STOP characters, or if the
+ last character in the sequence is a U+002E FULL STOP character,
+ then fail. Otherwise, let the collected string be <var title="">second</var> instead of its previous value.</li>
+
+ </ol></li>
+
+ <li><p>Interpret <var title="">second</var> as a base-ten number
+ (possibly with a fractional part). Let <var title="">second</var>
+ be that number instead of the string version.</li>
+
+ <li>If <var title="">second</var> is not a number in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">second</var> < 60, then
+ fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">hour</var>, <var title="">minute</var>,
+ and <var title="">second</var>.</li>
+
+ </ol><h5 id=local-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.3 </span>Local dates and times</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-datetime-local title=concept-datetime-local>local date and time</dfn>
+ consists of a specific Gregorian date, consisting of a year, a
+ month, and a day, and a time, consisting of an hour, a minute, a
+ second, and a fraction of a second, but expressed without a time
+ zone. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-local-date-and-time-string>valid local date and time string</dfn> if it
+ has the components in the following list, in the given order:<ol><li>A <a href=#valid-date-string>valid date string</a>.</li>
+
+ <li>A U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T character.</li>
+
+ <li>A <a href=#valid-time-string>valid time string</a>.</li>
+
+ </ol><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-local-date-and-time-string>parse a local date and time string</dfn> are as
+ follows. This will either return a date and time, or nothing. If at
+ any point the algorithm says that it "fails", this means that it is
+ aborted at that point and returns nothing.<ol><li><p>Let <var title="">input</var> be the string being
+ parsed.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">position</var> be a pointer into <var title="">input</var>, initially pointing at the start of the
+ string.</li>
+
+ <li><p><a href=#parse-a-date-component>Parse a date component</a> to obtain <var title="">year</var>, <var title="">month</var>, and <var title="">day</var>. If this returns nothing, then fail.</p>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var> or if the character at <var title="">position</var> is not a U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
+ character then fail. Otherwise, move <var title="">position</var>
+ forwards one character.</li>
+
+ <li><p><a href=#parse-a-time-component>Parse a time component</a> to obtain <var title="">hour</var>, <var title="">minute</var>, and <var title="">second</var>. If this returns nothing, then fail.</p>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is <em>not</em> beyond the
+ end of <var title="">input</var>, then fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">date</var> be the date with year <var title="">year</var>, month <var title="">month</var>, and day <var title="">day</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">time</var> be the time with hour <var title="">hour</var>, minute <var title="">minute</var>, and second
+ <var title="">second</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">date</var> and <var title="">time</var>.</li>
+
+ </ol><h5 id=global-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.4 </span>Global dates and times</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-datetime title=concept-datetime>global date and time</dfn>
+ consists of a specific Gregorian date, consisting of a year, a
+ month, and a day, and a time, consisting of an hour, a minute, a
+ second, and a fraction of a second, expressed with a time zone,
+ consisting of a number of hours and minutes. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a></p><!--XXX [GREGORIAN] should point to
+ <dd id="refsGREGORIAN">[GREGORIAN]</dd>
+ <dd>(Non-normative) <cite>Inter Gravissimas</cite>, A. Lilius, C. Clavius. Gregory XIII Papal Bulls, February 1582.</dd>
+ --><p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-global-date-and-time-string>valid global date and time string</dfn> if it
+ has the components in the following list, in the given order, and if
+ the components in the list follow the constraints given after the
+ list:<ol><li>A <a href=#valid-date-string>valid date string</a>.</li>
+
+ <li>A U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T character.</li>
+
+ <li>A <a href=#valid-time-string>valid time string</a>.</li>
+
<li>Either:
<ul><li>A U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z character (indicating the
@@ -2285,36 +2502,17 @@
HYPHEN-MINUS (-) character (the sign of the timezone
offset)</li>
- <li>Two digits (representing the hours component of the timezone offset)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the hours component of the timezone offset)</li>
<li>A U+003A COLON character (:).</li>
- <li>Two digits (representing the minutes component of the timezone offset)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the minutes component of the timezone offset)</li>
</ol></li>
</ul></li>
- </ol><p>The aforementioned constraints are:<ul><li>The month <var title="">m</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">m</var> ≤ 12.</li>
-
- <li>The day <var title="">d</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">d</var> ≤ <var title="">D</var> where <var title="">D</var> is the <a href=#number-of-days-in-month-month-of-year-year title="number of days in month month of year year">number of days
- in the given month and year</a>.</li>
-
- <li>The hour <var title="">h</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">h</var> ≤ 23.</li>
-
- <li>The minute <var title="">m</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">m</var> ≤ 59.</li>
-
- <li>If present, the second <var title="">s</var> (consisting of the
- integer part and its fractional part) must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">s</var> < 60. (The
- values 60 and 61 are not allowed: leap seconds cannot be
- represented by datetime values.)</li>
-
- <li>If present, the time zone hour <var title="">h</var> must be in
+ </ol><p>The aforementioned constraints are:<ul><li>If present, the time zone hour <var title="">h</var> must be in
the range 0 ≤ <var title="">h</var> ≤ 23. (However, in practice, time
zones do not currently ever have an hour component greater than
14.)</li>
@@ -2324,8 +2522,7 @@
zones do not currently ever have a minute component other than 0, 30,
or 45.)</li>
- </ul><p>The digits must be characters in the range U+0030 DIGIT ZERO to
- U+0039 DIGIT NINE, used to express numbers in base ten.<div class=example>
+ </ul><div class=example>
<p>The following are some examples of dates written as <a href=#valid-global-date-and-time-string title="valid global date and time string">valid global date and
time strings</a>.</p>
@@ -2380,104 +2577,13 @@
<li><p>Let <var title="">position</var> be a pointer into <var title="">input</var>, initially pointing at the start of the
string.</li>
- <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
- U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
- sequence is not at least four characters long, then
- fail. Otherwise, interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten
- integer. Let that number be the <var title="">year</var>.</li>
-
- <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var> or if the character at <var title="">position</var> is not a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character,
- then fail. Otherwise, move <var title="">position</var> forwards
- one character.</li>
-
- <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
- U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
- sequence is not exactly two characters long, then fail. Otherwise,
- interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Let that
- number be the <var title="">month</var>.</li>
-
- <li>If <var title="">month</var> is not a number in the range
- 1 ≤ <var title="">month</var> ≤ 12, then
- fail.</li>
-
- <li><p>Let <var title="">maxday</var> be the <a href=#number-of-days-in-month-month-of-year-year>number of days
- in month <var title="">month</var> of year <var title="">year</var></a>.</li>
-
- <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var> or if the character at <var title="">position</var> is not a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character,
- then fail. Otherwise, move <var title="">position</var> forwards
- one character.</li>
-
- <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
- U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
- sequence is not exactly two characters long, then fail. Otherwise,
- interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Let that
- number be the <var title="">day</var>.</li>
-
- <li><p>If <var title="">day</var> is not a number in the range
- 1 ≤ <var title="">month</var> ≤ <var title="">maxday</var>, then fail.</li>
+ <li><p><a href=#parse-a-date-component>Parse a date component</a> to obtain <var title="">year</var>, <var title="">month</var>, and <var title="">day</var>. If this returns nothing, then fail.</p>
<li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var> or if the character at <var title="">position</var> is not a U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T
character then fail. Otherwise, move <var title="">position</var>
forwards one character.</li>
- <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
- U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
- sequence is not exactly two characters long, then fail. Otherwise,
- interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Let that
- number be the <var title="">hour</var>.</li>
-
- <li>If <var title="">hour</var> is not a number in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">hour</var> ≤ 23, then
- fail.</li>
-
- <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var> or if the character at <var title="">position</var> is not a U+003A COLON character, then
- fail. Otherwise, move <var title="">position</var> forwards one
- character.</li>
-
- <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> in the range
- U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
- sequence is not exactly two characters long, then fail. Otherwise,
- interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Let that
- number be the <var title="">minute</var>.</li>
-
- <li>If <var title="">minute</var> is not a number in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">minute</var> ≤ 59, then
- fail.</li>
-
- <li><p>Let <var title="">second</var> be a string with the value
- "0".</li>
-
- <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var>, then fail.</li>
-
- <li>
-
- <p>If the character at <var title="">position</var> is a U+003A
- COLON, then run these substeps:</p>
-
- <ol><li><p>Advance <var title="">position</var> to the next character
- in <var title="">input</var>.</li>
-
- <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var>, or at the last character in <var title="">input</var>, or if the next <em>two</em> characters in
- <var title="">input</var> starting at <var title="">position</var> are not two characters both in the range
- U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9), then
- fail.</li>
-
- <li><p><a href=#collect-a-sequence-of-characters>Collect a sequence of characters</a> that are
- either characters in the range U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039
- DIGIT NINE (9) or U+002E FULL STOP characters. If the collected
- sequence has more than one U+002E FULL STOP characters, or if the
- last character in the sequence is a U+002E FULL STOP character,
- then fail. Otherwise, let the collected string be <var title="">second</var> instead of its previous value.</li>
-
- </ol></li>
-
- <li><p>Interpret <var title="">second</var> as a base-ten number
- (possibly with a fractional part). Let <var title="">second</var>
- be that number instead of the string version.</li>
-
- <li>If <var title="">second</var> is not a number in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">second</var> < 60, then
- fail.</li>
+ <li><p><a href=#parse-a-time-component>Parse a time component</a> to obtain <var title="">hour</var>, <var title="">minute</var>, and <var title="">second</var>. If this returns nothing, then fail.</p>
<li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var title="">input</var>, then fail.</li>
@@ -2548,19 +2654,11 @@
<li><p>Return <var title="">time</var> and <var title="">timezone</var>.</li>
- </ol><h5 id=local-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.2 </span>Local dates and times</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-datetime-local title=concept-datetime-local>local date and time</dfn>
- consists of a specific Gregorian date with no timezone information,
- consisting of a year, a month, a day, an hour, a minute, a second,
- and a fraction of a second. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p class=XXX>... <dfn id=valid-local-date-and-time-string>valid local date and time string</dfn><p class=XXX>... rules to <dfn id=parse-a-local-date-and-time-string>parse a local date and time
- string</dfn><h5 id=dates><span class=secno>2.4.4.3 </span>Dates</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-date title=concept-date>date</dfn> consists of a specific
- Gregorian date with no timezone information, consisting of a year, a
- month, and a day. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p class=XXX>... <dfn id=valid-date-string>valid date string</dfn><p class=XXX>... rules to <dfn id=parse-a-date-string>parse a date string</dfn><h5 id=months><span class=secno>2.4.4.4 </span>Months</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-month title=concept-month>month</dfn> consists of a specific
+ </ol><h5 id=months><span class=secno>2.4.4.5 </span>Months</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-month title=concept-month>month</dfn> consists of a specific
Gregorian date with no timezone information and no date information
- beyond a year and a month. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p class=XXX>... <dfn id=valid-month-string>valid month string</dfn><p class=XXX>... rules to <dfn id=parse-a-month-string>parse a month string</dfn><h5 id=weeks><span class=secno>2.4.4.5 </span>Weeks</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-week title=concept-week>week</dfn> consists of a specific
+ beyond a year and a month. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a><p class=XXX>... <dfn id=valid-month-string>valid month string</dfn><p class=XXX>... rules to <dfn id=parse-a-month-string>parse a month string</dfn><h5 id=weeks><span class=secno>2.4.4.6 </span>Weeks</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-week title=concept-week>week</dfn> consists of a specific
Gregorian date with no timezone information and no date information
- beyond a year and a week. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a></p><!-- XXX ISO week information --><p class=XXX>... <dfn id=valid-week-string>valid week string</dfn><p class=XXX>... rules to <dfn id=parse-a-week-string>parse a week string</dfn><h5 id=times><span class=secno>2.4.4.6 </span>Times</h5><p>A <dfn id=concept-time title=concept-time>time</dfn> consists of a specific
- time with no timezone information, consisting of an hour, a minute,
- a second, and a fraction of a second.<p class=XXX>... <dfn id=valid-time-string>valid time string</dfn><p class=XXX>... rules to <dfn id=parse-a-time-string>parse a time string</dfn><h5 id=vaguer-moments-in-time><span class=secno>2.4.4.7 </span>Vaguer moments in time</h5><p>This section defines <dfn id=date-or-time-string title="date or time string">date or
+ beyond a year and a week. <a href=#references>[GREGORIAN]</a></p><!-- XXX ISO week information --><p class=XXX>... <dfn id=valid-week-string>valid week string</dfn><p class=XXX>... rules to <dfn id=parse-a-week-string>parse a week string</dfn><h5 id=vaguer-moments-in-time><span class=secno>2.4.4.7 </span>Vaguer moments in time</h5><p>This section defines <dfn id=date-or-time-string title="date or time string">date or
time strings</dfn>. There are two kinds, <dfn id=date-or-time-string-in-content title="date or time
string in content">date or time strings in content</dfn>, and <dfn id=date-or-time-string-in-attributes title="date or time string in attributes">date or time strings in
attributes</dfn>. The only difference is in the handling of
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