- From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2003 22:01:41 +0000 (GMT)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
> Date (example: mmddyyyy) [ ] > > This format requires input in one field with no spaces and no punctuation. > It also means less tabbing, but may be confusing to some and thus lead to > errors. There is a lot of code around that will cope with dates in almost any format, including "yesterday", "3 days ago", etc. The only real problem with dates is handling the dd mm yy/mm dd yy/yy mm dd/ trichotomy - that is normally handled by knowing the locale of the user in non-web cases, but a web application doesn't have access to that and might need to query ambiguous cases. The most user friendly way with dates is to use a free text field and let the user choose their format.
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