- From: Malcolm Rowe <malcolm@farside.org.uk>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:33:35 +0100
Jim Ley writes: >> While certainly not as pleasant as a nice UI with a pretty clock, it is >> still possible for users to enter the datetime format if their UA doesn't >> support it and does not have JavaScript enable for the page to help them. >> So it is backwards compatible, just not very pretty. > Could you provide an example page using the datetime control Perhaps a > copy of http://timetables.oag.com/man2/ in WF2, and how that will > work. I'd imagine the relevant markup would be: <input type="date" name="preferred_date"> <select name="preferred_time"> ... Since the 'time' control on that page can contain pseudo-times like 'Any', 'Morning', and so on, a datetime control doesn't make sense here. I'd imagine that they'd also retain their existing JavaScript for supporting some non-WF2 UA's. I do agree that it would probably be useful for the server to request that the time should be interpreted as a local time (i.e., with no conversion). For example, in the time entry application I use at work, if I say that I started work at 'today, 9am', I do mean 9am local time, and not 9am UTC, regardless of where I am physically located when I submit my entry. Is that basically your only objection to the datetime type - that the default is to assume that the server wants the time converted to UTC? Regards, Malcolm
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