[Bug 4366] Order relation on dateTime

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4366





------- Comment #1 from davep@iit.edu  2007-03-06 03:46 -------
(In reply to comment #0)
> The ordering between two dateTimes P and Q is defined in 3.2.7.4. It has the
> following problems:
> 1. Step A is not necessary. Time zones are already normalized when we 
> convert lexical reps to values. (There is no timezone property in the 
> value, only a boolean timezoned.)

Yes, there are lots of bugs with dateTime in  1.0.  We tried to make 1.1 more
sensible.  I'm not at all convinced that 1.0 can be made really sensible, and I
am convinced that it's not worth the effort.  Users who care should definitely
switch to 1.1 as soon as it is official.

Received on Tuesday, 6 March 2007 03:47:01 UTC