- From: <jon@hackcraft.net>
- Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 13:29:52 +0000
- To: "w3c-wai-ig@w3.org" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
> Here is an easy to understand reason for designs that use short
> dates that has nothing to do
> with the intellect level of the client - data base limitations.
Why would you store the date as a string? Databases prefer something like
1071187200000 to either 12/12/2003, 12/12/2003, or any other format.
> Clearly
> stating the date format used on a site [or page of a site]
> and consistently following that format
> should minimize date confusion for ALL users. This
> applies to both rendered dates as well as
> input formats on forms.
It would still be far clearer to use the names of months and <select> elements
though.
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