- From: Martin Kutschker <Martin.T.Kutschker@blackbox.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:47:19 +0200 (METDST)
Matthew Raymond <mattraymond at earthlink.net> writes on Tue, 29 Jun 2004 23:09:55 +0200 (METDST): > > The current spec uses a specific standard for submitting the date > and time (ISO8601). (If the server needs it in a different format, is > should perform an operation on the data before storing it.) That's great and should not change. > As for the date the user inputs, the UA should use the user's locale > to determine the timezone. What's the users locale? OS/UI settings? Browser settings? > Theoretically, a webmaster might want to control how dates or time > are entered. However, they can do this using a series of patterned > text boxes or <select> elements. That's what they currently do. Wasn't the idea to improve this? > Webmasters will adjust and eventually learn to appreciate the uniform > handling of dates and times. Sending dates yes, displaying ... don't know. If the spec doesn't specify how it looks like it's IMHO unusable. As a web designer you just want to know how large the input field will be (eg "06-30-2004" vs "Wednesday, 30 June 2004"). So a date pattern used for input and output makes sense. Or the spec defines that a date should be displayed in the shortest possible way (no names of weekdays and months). Masi
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