Re: Re: Precise Expansion Patterns

Paul Wilkins wrote:
> On 12/16/07, Michael MD <mdagnspraci.com> wrote:
>> what about html5's datetime attribute?
>> (would only be of use in html5 though)
> 
> There is a datetime attribute (on a very select few
elements) in HTML4.
> 
> The trouble is that you are required to specify a full
date/time, of
> which only one type for format is accepted, which is
too narrow for
> our needs.
> 
> I presume that there are similar issues with the HTML5
standard too.

Yes, the TIME element with the DATETIME attribute in the
HTML5 /draft/ 
(it's not a standard yet!) is not a duration, but a specific
point in time:

http://www.whatwg.org/sp
ecs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/section-phrase.html#the-
time

http://www.whatwg.org/spec
s/web-apps/current-work/multipage/section-common1.html#dates


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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
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