hixie: Clarify what <time> can represent. (whatwg r3634)

hixie: Clarify what <time> can represent. (whatwg r3634)

http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/html5/spec/Overview.html?r1=1.2821&r2=1.2822&f=h
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=3633&to=3634

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--- Overview.html 15 Aug 2009 11:48:19 -0000 1.2821
+++ Overview.html 16 Aug 2009 03:07:39 -0000 1.2822
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
    <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="a-vocabulary-and-associated-apis-for-html-and-xhtml">A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML</h2>
    <!--ZZZ:-->
    <!--<h2 class="no-num no-toc">W3C Working Draft 23 April 2009</h2>-->
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-date-1-january-1970">Editor's Draft 15 August 2009</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id="editor-s-draft-date-1-january-1970">Editor's Draft 16 August 2009</h2>
    <!--:ZZZ-->
    <dl><!-- ZZZ: update the month/day (twice), (un)comment out
     <dt>This Version:</dt>
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
   track.
   <!--ZZZ:-->
   <!--This specification is the 23 April 2009 Working Draft.-->
-  This specification is the 15 August 2009 Editor's Draft.
+  This specification is the 16 August 2009 Editor's Draft.
   <!--:ZZZ-->
   </p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- relationship to other work (required) --><p>This specification is also being produced by the <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/">WHATWG</a>. The two specifications are
   identical from the table of contents onwards.</p><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES IS THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPH TO BE REMOVED OR EDITED WITHOUT TALKING TO IAN FIRST --><!-- context and rationale (required) --><p>This specification is intended to replace (be a new version of)
@@ -13298,8 +13298,9 @@
   readonly attribute <span>Date</span> <a href="#dom-time-timezone" title="dom-time-timezone">timezone</a>;
 };</pre>
    </dd>
-  </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-time-element">time</a></code> element <a href="#represents">represents</a> a precise
-  date and/or a time in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. <a href="#refsGREGORIAN">[GREGORIAN]</a><p>This element is intended as a way to encode modern dates and
+  </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-time-element">time</a></code> element <a href="#represents">represents</a> either a
+  time on a 24 hour clock, or a precise date in the proleptic
+  Gregorian calendar, optionally with a time and a time zone. <a href="#refsGREGORIAN">[GREGORIAN]</a><p>This element is intended as a way to encode modern dates and
   times in a machine-readable way so that user agents can offer to add
   them to the user's calendar. For example, adding birthday reminders
   or scheduling events.</p><!-- it's also intended for restyling to local conventions

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