- From: Martin Kutschker <Martin.T.Kutschker@blackbox.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:05:11 +0200 (METDST)
Jim Ley <jim.ley at gmail.com> writes on Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:30:26 +0200 (METDST): > On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 08:47:19 +0200 (METDST), Martin Kutschker > <martin.t.kutschker at blackbox.net> wrote: > > > > 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? > > I thought I'd already started putting to bed the myth that the user > has accurate clocks. [snip] Well, now what? I see the problem. Do I understand it correctly that we simply say getting locale and time zone is outside the spec, so browser developers must deal with it. > > Or the spec defines that a date should be displayed in the > > shortest possible way (no names of weekdays and months). > > I agree knowing the scope of the size of the control is useful, but > names of months are also great for display, everyone can deal with > those who speaks the language of the page. Sure. Anyway web/gtraphics designers loath everything they cannot control. If it cannot be controlled at least to some degree it simply won't be used. So I vote for either some kind of pattern (eg format="d.m.y") or some style type (eg format="compact" => "1.12.2003" or format="long" => Mittwoch, der 30. Juni 2004", or some other types). Masi
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