HTML/time

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time element spec issues

nesting time

Recorded on WHATWG wiki:

• http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Time_element#composite_nested_time_elements
• http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Time_element#am_pm_and_coarser_time_parsing

for better DRY:

• improve <time> element to support uses analogous to the microformats "value class pattern" date and time separation use case (compose nested <time> elements into a single date and time) - and am pm handling
  • 2010-08-10 emailed whatwg list: http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2010-August/027845.html
  • perhaps even use a <time> to compose multiple nested date/time <input> elements for specific date/time components into a single date and/or time.

time element resolved spec issues

expand time

• expand <time> and new date/time <input> elements to be consistent and reflect more real world use cases
  • impedance match. expand time to handle the same set of year, month, date, time variants/subsets that input handles. what is taken as input is nearly always displayed as output - the use cases are analogous/parallel.
    • recorded/expanded on the WHATWG wiki: http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Time_element#impedance_match_new_date_time_inputs
    • 2010-08-07 new related time element granularities all proposed here: http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2010-August/027722.html
    • 2010-08-09 impedance match email to whatwg: http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2010-August/027773.html
  • more inputs/times. expand both time/input to handle additional real world cases, e.g.: YYYY and --MM-DD
    • recorded/expanded on the WHATWG wiki:
      • http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Time_element#impedance_match_new_date_time_inputs
      • http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Input_element#new_date_time_inputs
    • 2010-08-07 posted more date granularity: http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2010-August/027722.html

editorial example fix

Recorded on WHATWG wiki:

• http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Time_element#Update_hCalendar_example

Posted to WHATWG list:

• http://lists.whatwg.org/htdig.cgi/whatwg-whatwg.org/2010-August/027894.html

see also

• HTML home page