[html5] r2383 - [aco] (2) Define 'month' syntax, and tighten up the rest of the datetime definitions.
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Wed Oct 29 18:39:25 PDT 2008
Author: ianh
Date: 2008-10-29 18:39:25 -0700 (Wed, 29 Oct 2008)
New Revision: 2383
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Log:
[aco] (2) Define 'month' syntax, and tighten up the rest of the datetime definitions.
Modified: index
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--- index 2008-10-30 00:58:12 UTC (rev 2382)
+++ index 2008-10-30 01:39:25 UTC (rev 2383)
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@
<li><a href=#lists-of-integers><span class=secno>2.4.3.6 </span>Lists of integers</a></ol></li>
<li><a href=#dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4 </span>Dates and times</a>
<ol>
- <li><a href=#dates><span class=secno>2.4.4.1 </span>Dates</a></li>
- <li><a href=#times><span class=secno>2.4.4.2 </span>Times</a></li>
- <li><a href=#local-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.3 </span>Local dates and times</a></li>
- <li><a href=#global-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.4 </span>Global dates and times</a></li>
- <li><a href=#months><span class=secno>2.4.4.5 </span>Months</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#months><span class=secno>2.4.4.1 </span>Months</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#dates><span class=secno>2.4.4.2 </span>Dates</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#times><span class=secno>2.4.4.3 </span>Times</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#local-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.4 </span>Local dates and times</a></li>
+ <li><a href=#global-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.5 </span>Global dates and times</a></li>
<li><a href=#weeks><span class=secno>2.4.4.6 </span>Weeks</a></li>
<li><a href=#vaguer-moments-in-time><span class=secno>2.4.4.7 </span>Vaguer moments in time</a></li>
<li><a href=#time-offsets><span class=secno>2.4.4.8 </span>Time offsets</a></ol></li>
@@ -2690,58 +2690,45 @@
numbers in base ten.</p>
- <h5 id=dates><span class=secno>2.4.4.1 </span>Dates</h5>
+ <h5 id=months><span class=secno>2.4.4.1 </span>Months</h5>
- <p>A <dfn id=concept-date title=concept-date>date</dfn> consists of a specific
- Gregorian date with no timezone information, consisting of a year, a
- month, and a day. <a href=#refsGREGORIAN>[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
+ <p>A <dfn id=concept-month title=concept-month>month</dfn> consists of a specific
+ Gregorian date with no timezone information and no date information
+ beyond a year and a month. <a href=#refsGREGORIAN>[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
- <p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-date-string>valid date string</dfn> if it has the
- components in the following list, in the given order, and if the
- components in the list follow the constraints given after the
- list:</p>
+ <p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-month-string>valid month string</dfn> representing a year
+ <var title="">year</var> and month <var title="">month</var> if it
+ consists of the following components in the given order:</p>
- <ol><li>Four or more <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the year)</li>
+ <ol><li>Four or more <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>, representing <var title="">year</var></li>
- <li>A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-).</li>
+ <li>A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-)</li>
- <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the month)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>,
+ representing the month <var title="">month</var>, in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">month</var> ≤ 12</li>
- <li>A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-).</li>
+ </ol><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-month-string>parse a month string</dfn> are as follows. This
+ will either return a year and month, or nothing. If at any point the
+ algorithm says that it "fails", this means that it is aborted at
+ that point and returns nothing.</p>
- <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the day)</li>
-
- </ol><p>The aforementioned constraints are:</p>
-
- <ul><li>The month <var title="">m</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">m</var> ≤ 12.</li>
-
- <li>The day <var title="">d</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">d</var> ≤ <var title="">D</var> where <var title="">D</var> is the <a href=#number-of-days-in-month-month-of-year-year title="number of days in month month of year year">number of days
- in the given month and year</a>.</li>
-
- </ul><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-date-string>parse a date string</dfn> are as follows. This
- will either return a date, or nothing. If at any point the algorithm
- says that it "fails", this means that it is aborted at that point
- and returns nothing.</p>
-
<ol><li><p>Let <var title="">input</var> be the string being
parsed.</li>
<li><p>Let <var title="">position</var> be a pointer into <var title="">input</var>, initially pointing at the start of the
string.</li>
- <li><p><a href=#parse-a-date-component>Parse a date component</a> to obtain <var title="">year</var>, <var title="">month</var>, and <var title="">day</var>. If this returns nothing, then fail.</p>
+ <li><p><a href=#parse-a-month-component>Parse a month component</a> to obtain <var title="">year</var> and <var title="">month</var>. If this returns
+ nothing, then fail.</p>
<li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is <em>not</em> beyond the
end of <var title="">input</var>, then fail.</li>
- <li><p>Let <var title="">date</var> be the date with year <var title="">year</var>, month <var title="">month</var>, and day <var title="">day</var>.</li>
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">year</var> and <var title="">month</var>.</li>
- <li><p>Return <var title="">date</var>.</li>
-
- </ol><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-date-component>parse a date component</dfn>, given an <var title="">input</var> string and a <var title="">position</var>, are
- as follows. This will either return a year, a month, and a day, or
+ </ol><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-month-component>parse a month component</dfn>, given an <var title="">input</var> string and a <var title="">position</var>, are
+ as follows. This will either return a year and a month, or
nothing. If at any point the algorithm says that it "fails", this
means that it is aborted at that point and returns nothing.</p>
@@ -2765,6 +2752,56 @@
1 ≤ <var title="">month</var> ≤ 12, then
fail.</li>
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">year</var> and <var title="">month</var>.</li>
+
+ </ol><h5 id=dates><span class=secno>2.4.4.2 </span>Dates</h5>
+
+ <p>A <dfn id=concept-date title=concept-date>date</dfn> consists of a specific
+ Gregorian date with no timezone information, consisting of a year, a
+ month, and a day. <a href=#refsGREGORIAN>[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
+
+ <p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-date-string>valid date string</dfn> representing a year
+ <var title="">year</var>, month <var title="">month</var>, and day
+ <var title="">day</var> if it consists of the following components
+ in the given order:</p>
+
+ <ol><li>A <a href=#valid-month-string>valid month string</a>, representing <var title="">year</var> and <var title="">month</var></li>
+
+ <li>A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-)</li>
+
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>,
+ representing <var title="">day</var>, in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">day</var> ≤ <var title="">maxday</var> where <var title="">maxday</var> is the <a href=#number-of-days-in-month-month-of-year-year title="number of days in month month of year year">number of days
+ in the month <var title="">month</var> and year <var title="">year</var></a></li>
+
+ </ol><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-date-string>parse a date string</dfn> are as follows. This
+ will either return a date, or nothing. If at any point the algorithm
+ says that it "fails", this means that it is aborted at that point
+ and returns nothing.</p>
+
+ <ol><li><p>Let <var title="">input</var> be the string being
+ parsed.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">position</var> be a pointer into <var title="">input</var>, initially pointing at the start of the
+ string.</li>
+
+ <li><p><a href=#parse-a-date-component>Parse a date component</a> to obtain <var title="">year</var>, <var title="">month</var>, and <var title="">day</var>. If this returns nothing, then fail.</p>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is <em>not</em> beyond the
+ end of <var title="">input</var>, then fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">date</var> be the date with year <var title="">year</var>, month <var title="">month</var>, and day <var title="">day</var>.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">date</var>.</li>
+
+ </ol><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-date-component>parse a date component</dfn>, given an <var title="">input</var> string and a <var title="">position</var>, are
+ as follows. This will either return a year, a month, and a day, or
+ nothing. If at any point the algorithm says that it "fails", this
+ means that it is aborted at that point and returns nothing.</p>
+
+ <ol><li><p><a href=#parse-a-month-component>Parse a month component</a> to obtain <var title="">year</var> and <var title="">month</var>. If this returns
+ nothing, then fail.</li>
+
<li><p>Let <var title="">maxday</var> be the <a href=#number-of-days-in-month-month-of-year-year>number of days
in month <var title="">month</var> of year <var title="">year</var></a>.</li>
@@ -2784,54 +2821,51 @@
<li><p>Return <var title="">year</var>, <var title="">month</var>,
and <var title="">day</var>.</li>
- </ol><h5 id=times><span class=secno>2.4.4.2 </span>Times</h5>
+ </ol><h5 id=times><span class=secno>2.4.4.3 </span>Times</h5>
<p>A <dfn id=concept-time title=concept-time>time</dfn> consists of a specific
time with no timezone information, consisting of an hour, a minute,
a second, and a fraction of a second.</p>
- <p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-time-string>valid time string</dfn> if it has the
- components in the following list, in the given order, and if the
- components in the list follow the constraints given after the
- list:</p>
+ <p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-time-string>valid time string</dfn> representing an hour
+ <var title="">hour</var>, a minute <var title="">minute</var>, and a
+ second <var title="">second</var> if it consists of the following
+ components in the given order:</p>
- <ol><li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the hour)</li>
+ <ol><li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>,
+ representing <var title="">hour</var>, in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">hour</var> ≤ 23</li>
- <li>A U+003A COLON character (:).</li>
+ <li>A U+003A COLON character (:)</li>
- <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the minutes)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>,
+ representing <var title="">minute</var></li>
- <li>Optionally:
+ <li>Optionally (required if <var title="">second</var> is
+ non-zero):
- <ol><li>A U+003A COLON character (:).</li>
+ <ol><li>A U+003A COLON character (:)</li>
- <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the integer part of the seconds)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>,
+ representing the integer part of <var title="">second</var>, in
+ the range 0 ≤ <var title="">s</var> ≤ 59</li>
- <li>Optionally:
+ <li>Optionally (required if <var title="">second</var> is not an
+ integer):
<ol><li>A 002E FULL STOP character (.)</li>
- <li>One or more <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the fractional part of the seconds)</li>
+ <li>One or more <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>, representing the
+ fractional part of <var title="">second</var></li>
</ol></li>
</ol></li>
- </ol><p>The aforementioned constraints are:</p>
+ </ol><p class=note>The <var title="">second</var> component cannot be
+ 60 or 61; leap seconds cannot be represented.</p>
- <ul><li>The hour <var title="">h</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">h</var> ≤ 23.</li>
-
- <li>The minute <var title="">m</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">m</var> ≤ 59.</li>
-
- <li>If present, the second <var title="">s</var> (consisting of the
- integer part and its fractional part) must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">s</var> < 60. (The
- values 60 and 61 are not allowed: leap seconds cannot be
- represented by datetime values.)</li>
-
- </ul><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-time-string>parse a time string</dfn> are as follows. This
+ <p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-time-string>parse a time string</dfn> are as follows. This
will either return a time, or nothing. If at any point the algorithm
says that it "fails", this means that it is aborted at that point
and returns nothing.</p>
@@ -2918,7 +2952,7 @@
<li><p>Return <var title="">hour</var>, <var title="">minute</var>,
and <var title="">second</var>.</li>
- </ol><h5 id=local-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.3 </span>Local dates and times</h5>
+ </ol><h5 id=local-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.4 </span>Local dates and times</h5>
<p>A <dfn id=concept-datetime-local title=concept-datetime-local>local date and time</dfn>
consists of a specific Gregorian date, consisting of a year, a
@@ -2926,14 +2960,15 @@
second, and a fraction of a second, but expressed without a time
zone. <a href=#refsGREGORIAN>[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
- <p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-local-date-and-time-string>valid local date and time string</dfn> if it
- has the components in the following list, in the given order:</p>
+ <p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-local-date-and-time-string>valid local date and time string</dfn>
+ representing a date and time if it consists of the following
+ components in the given order:</p>
- <ol><li>A <a href=#valid-date-string>valid date string</a>.</li>
+ <ol><li>A <a href=#valid-date-string>valid date string</a> representing the date.</li>
<li>A U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T character.</li>
- <li>A <a href=#valid-time-string>valid time string</a>.</li>
+ <li>A <a href=#valid-time-string>valid time string</a> representing the time.</li>
</ol><p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-local-date-and-time-string>parse a local date and time string</dfn> are as
follows. This will either return a date and time, or nothing. If at
@@ -2964,7 +2999,7 @@
<li><p>Return <var title="">date</var> and <var title="">time</var>.</li>
- </ol><h5 id=global-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.4 </span>Global dates and times</h5>
+ </ol><h5 id=global-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.4.4.5 </span>Global dates and times</h5>
<p>A <dfn id=concept-datetime title=concept-datetime>global date and time</dfn>
consists of a specific Gregorian date, consisting of a year, a
@@ -2977,52 +3012,48 @@
<dd>(Non-normative) <cite>Inter Gravissimas</cite>, A. Lilius, C. Clavius. Gregory XIII Papal Bulls, February 1582.</dd>
-->
- <p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-global-date-and-time-string>valid global date and time string</dfn> if it
- has the components in the following list, in the given order, and if
- the components in the list follow the constraints given after the
- list:</p>
+ <p>A string is a <dfn id=valid-global-date-and-time-string>valid global date and time string</dfn>
+ representing a date, time, and a timezone offset if it consists of
+ the following components in the given order:</p>
- <ol><li>A <a href=#valid-date-string>valid date string</a>.</li>
+ <ol><li>A <a href=#valid-date-string>valid date string</a> representing the date</li>
- <li>A U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T character.</li>
+ <li>A U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T character</li>
- <li>A <a href=#valid-time-string>valid time string</a>.</li>
+ <li>A <a href=#valid-time-string>valid time string</a> representing the time</li>
<li>Either:
- <ul><li>A U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z character (indicating the
- time zone is UTC)</li>
+ <ul><li>A U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z character, allowed only if
+ the time zone is UTC</li>
<li>Or:
<ol><li>Either a U+002B PLUS SIGN character (+) or a U+002D
- HYPHEN-MINUS (-) character (the sign of the timezone
- offset)</li>
+ HYPHEN-MINUS (-) character, representing the sign of the
+ timezone offset</li>
- <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the hours component of the timezone offset)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>,
+ representing the hours component <var title="">hour</var> of
+ the timezone offset, in the range 0 ≤ <var title="">hour</var> ≤ 23</li>
- <li>A U+003A COLON character (:).</li>
+ <li>A U+003A COLON character (:)</li>
- <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a> (representing the minutes component of the timezone offset)</li>
+ <li>Two <a href=#concept-datetime-digit title=concept-datetime-digit>digits</a>,
+ representing the minutes component <var title="">minute</var>
+ of the timezone offset, in the range 0 ≤ <var title="">minute</var> ≤ 59</li>
</ol></li>
</ul></li>
- </ol><p>The aforementioned constraints are:</p>
+ </ol><p class=note>This format allows for time zone offsets from -23:59
+ to +23:59. In practice, however, the range of actual time zones is
+ -12:00 to +14:00, and the minutes component of actual time zones is
+ always either 00, 30, or 45.</p>
- <ul><li>If present, the time zone hour <var title="">h</var> must be in
- the range 0 ≤ <var title="">h</var> ≤ 23. (However, in practice, time
- zones do not currently ever have an hour component greater than
- 14.)</li>
+ <div class=example>
- <li>If present, the time zone minute <var title="">m</var> must be
- in the range 0 ≤ <var title="">m</var> ≤ 59. (However, in practice, time
- zones do not currently ever have a minute component other than 0, 30,
- or 45.)</li>
-
- </ul><div class=example>
-
<p>The following are some examples of dates written as <a href=#valid-global-date-and-time-string title="valid global date and time string">valid global date and
time strings</a>.</p>
@@ -3157,19 +3188,8 @@
<li><p>Return <var title="">time</var> and <var title="">timezone</var>.</li>
- </ol><h5 id=months><span class=secno>2.4.4.5 </span>Months</h5>
+ </ol><h5 id=weeks><span class=secno>2.4.4.6 </span>Weeks</h5>
- <p>A <dfn id=concept-month title=concept-month>month</dfn> consists of a specific
- Gregorian date with no timezone information and no date information
- beyond a year and a month. <a href=#refsGREGORIAN>[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
-
- <p class=XXX>... <dfn id=valid-month-string>valid month string</dfn></p>
-
- <p class=XXX>... rules to <dfn id=parse-a-month-string>parse a month string</dfn></p>
-
-
- <h5 id=weeks><span class=secno>2.4.4.6 </span>Weeks</h5>
-
<p>A <dfn id=concept-week title=concept-week>week</dfn> consists of a specific
Gregorian date with no timezone information and no date information
beyond a year and a week. <a href=#refsGREGORIAN>[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source 2008-10-30 00:58:12 UTC (rev 2382)
+++ source 2008-10-30 01:39:25 UTC (rev 2383)
@@ -1958,45 +1958,121 @@
numbers in base ten.</p>
- <h5>Dates</h5>
+ <h5>Months</h5>
- <p>A <dfn title="concept-date">date</dfn> consists of a specific
- Gregorian date with no timezone information, consisting of a year, a
- month, and a day. <a href="#refsGREGORIAN">[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
+ <p>A <dfn title="concept-month">month</dfn> consists of a specific
+ Gregorian date with no timezone information and no date information
+ beyond a year and a month. <a
+ href="#refsGREGORIAN">[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
- <p>A string is a <dfn>valid date string</dfn> if it has the
- components in the following list, in the given order, and if the
- components in the list follow the constraints given after the
- list:</p>
+ <p>A string is a <dfn>valid month string</dfn> representing a year
+ <var title="">year</var> and month <var title="">month</var> if it
+ consists of the following components in the given order:</p>
<ol>
- <li>Four or more <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span> (representing the year)</li>
+ <li>Four or more <span
+ title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span>, representing <var
+ title="">year</var></li>
- <li>A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-).</li>
+ <li>A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-)</li>
- <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span> (representing the month)</li>
+ <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span>,
+ representing the month <var title="">month</var>, in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var
+ title="">month</var> ≤ 12</li>
- <li>A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-).</li>
+ </ol>
- <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span> (representing the day)</li>
+ <p>The rules to <dfn>parse a month string</dfn> are as follows. This
+ will either return a year and month, or nothing. If at any point the
+ algorithm says that it "fails", this means that it is aborted at
+ that point and returns nothing.</p>
+ <ol>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">input</var> be the string being
+ parsed.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Let <var title="">position</var> be a pointer into <var
+ title="">input</var>, initially pointing at the start of the
+ string.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p><span>Parse a month component</span> to obtain <var
+ title="">year</var> and <var title="">month</var>. If this returns
+ nothing, then fail.</p>
+
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is <em>not</em> beyond the
+ end of <var title="">input</var>, then fail.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">year</var> and <var
+ title="">month</var>.</p></li>
+
</ol>
- <p>The aforementioned constraints are:</p>
+ <p>The rules to <dfn>parse a month component</dfn>, given an <var
+ title="">input</var> string and a <var title="">position</var>, are
+ as follows. This will either return a year and a month, or
+ nothing. If at any point the algorithm says that it "fails", this
+ means that it is aborted at that point and returns nothing.</p>
- <ul>
+ <ol>
- <li>The month <var title="">m</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">m</var> ≤ 12.</li>
+ <li><p><span>Collect a sequence of characters</span> in the range
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
+ sequence is not at least four characters long, then
+ fail. Otherwise, interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten
+ integer. Let that number be the <var title="">year</var>.</p></li>
- <li>The day <var title="">d</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">d</var> ≤ <var
- title="">D</var> where <var title="">D</var> is the <span
+ <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var
+ title="">input</var> or if the character at <var
+ title="">position</var> is not a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character,
+ then fail. Otherwise, move <var title="">position</var> forwards
+ one character.</p></li>
+
+ <li><p><span>Collect a sequence of characters</span> in the range
+ U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
+ sequence is not exactly two characters long, then fail. Otherwise,
+ interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Let that
+ number be the <var title="">month</var>.</p></li>
+
+ <li>If <var title="">month</var> is not a number in the range
+ 1 ≤ <var title="">month</var> ≤ 12, then
+ fail.</li>
+
+ <li><p>Return <var title="">year</var> and <var
+ title="">month</var>.</p></li>
+
+ </ol>
+
+
+ <h5>Dates</h5>
+
+ <p>A <dfn title="concept-date">date</dfn> consists of a specific
+ Gregorian date with no timezone information, consisting of a year, a
+ month, and a day. <a href="#refsGREGORIAN">[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
+
+ <p>A string is a <dfn>valid date string</dfn> representing a year
+ <var title="">year</var>, month <var title="">month</var>, and day
+ <var title="">day</var> if it consists of the following components
+ in the given order:</p>
+
+ <ol>
+
+ <li>A <span>valid month string</span>, representing <var
+ title="">year</var> and <var title="">month</var></li>
+
+ <li>A U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-)</li>
+
+ <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span>,
+ representing <var title="">day</var>, in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">day</var> ≤ <var
+ title="">maxday</var> where <var title="">maxday</var> is the <span
title="number of days in month month of year year">number of days
- in the given month and year</span>.</li>
+ in the month <var title="">month</var> and year <var
+ title="">year</var></span></li>
- </ul>
+ </ol>
<p>The rules to <dfn>parse a date string</dfn> are as follows. This
will either return a date, or nothing. If at any point the algorithm
@@ -2035,28 +2111,10 @@
<ol>
- <li><p><span>Collect a sequence of characters</span> in the range
- U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
- sequence is not at least four characters long, then
- fail. Otherwise, interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten
- integer. Let that number be the <var title="">year</var>.</p></li>
+ <li><p><span>Parse a month component</span> to obtain <var
+ title="">year</var> and <var title="">month</var>. If this returns
+ nothing, then fail.</li>
- <li><p>If <var title="">position</var> is beyond the end of <var
- title="">input</var> or if the character at <var
- title="">position</var> is not a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character,
- then fail. Otherwise, move <var title="">position</var> forwards
- one character.</p></li>
-
- <li><p><span>Collect a sequence of characters</span> in the range
- U+0030 DIGIT ZERO (0) to U+0039 DIGIT NINE (9). If the collected
- sequence is not exactly two characters long, then fail. Otherwise,
- interpret the resulting sequence as a base-ten integer. Let that
- number be the <var title="">month</var>.</p></li>
-
- <li>If <var title="">month</var> is not a number in the range
- 1 ≤ <var title="">month</var> ≤ 12, then
- fail.</li>
-
<li><p>Let <var title="">maxday</var> be the <span>number of days
in month <var title="">month</var> of year <var
title="">year</var></span>.</p></li>
@@ -2083,41 +2141,50 @@
</ol>
-
<h5>Times</h5>
<p>A <dfn title="concept-time">time</dfn> consists of a specific
time with no timezone information, consisting of an hour, a minute,
a second, and a fraction of a second.</p>
- <p>A string is a <dfn>valid time string</dfn> if it has the
- components in the following list, in the given order, and if the
- components in the list follow the constraints given after the
- list:</p>
+ <p>A string is a <dfn>valid time string</dfn> representing an hour
+ <var title="">hour</var>, a minute <var title="">minute</var>, and a
+ second <var title="">second</var> if it consists of the following
+ components in the given order:</p>
<ol>
- <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span> (representing the hour)</li>
+ <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span>,
+ representing <var title="">hour</var>, in the range
+ 0 ≤ <var title="">hour</var> ≤ 23</li>
- <li>A U+003A COLON character (:).</li>
+ <li>A U+003A COLON character (:)</li>
- <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span> (representing the minutes)</li>
+ <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span>,
+ representing <var title="">minute</var></li>
- <li>Optionally:
+ <li>Optionally (required if <var title="">second</var> is
+ non-zero):
<ol>
- <li>A U+003A COLON character (:).</li>
+ <li>A U+003A COLON character (:)</li>
- <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span> (representing the integer part of the seconds)</li>
+ <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span>,
+ representing the integer part of <var title="">second</var>, in
+ the range 0 ≤ <var
+ title="">s</var> ≤ 59</li>
- <li>Optionally:
+ <li>Optionally (required if <var title="">second</var> is not an
+ integer):
<ol>
<li>A 002E FULL STOP character (.)</li>
- <li>One or more <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span> (representing the fractional part of the seconds)</li>
+ <li>One or more <span
+ title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span>, representing the
+ fractional part of <var title="">second</var></li>
</ol>
@@ -2129,24 +2196,9 @@
</ol>
- <p>The aforementioned constraints are:</p>
+ <p class="note">The <var title="">second</var> component cannot be
+ 60 or 61; leap seconds cannot be represented.</p>
- <ul>
-
- <li>The hour <var title="">h</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">h</var> ≤ 23.</li>
-
- <li>The minute <var title="">m</var> must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">m</var> ≤ 59.</li>
-
- <li>If present, the second <var title="">s</var> (consisting of the
- integer part and its fractional part) must be in the range
- 0 ≤ <var title="">s</var> < 60. (The
- values 60 and 61 are not allowed: leap seconds cannot be
- represented by datetime values.)</li>
-
- </ul>
-
<p>The rules to <dfn>parse a time string</dfn> are as follows. This
will either return a time, or nothing. If at any point the algorithm
says that it "fails", this means that it is aborted at that point
@@ -2268,16 +2320,17 @@
second, and a fraction of a second, but expressed without a time
zone. <a href="#refsGREGORIAN">[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
- <p>A string is a <dfn>valid local date and time string</dfn> if it
- has the components in the following list, in the given order:</p>
+ <p>A string is a <dfn>valid local date and time string</dfn>
+ representing a date and time if it consists of the following
+ components in the given order:</p>
<ol>
- <li>A <span>valid date string</span>.</li>
+ <li>A <span>valid date string</span> representing the date.</li>
<li>A U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T character.</li>
- <li>A <span>valid time string</span>.</li>
+ <li>A <span>valid time string</span> representing the time.</li>
</ol>
@@ -2341,39 +2394,44 @@
<dd>(Non-normative) <cite>Inter Gravissimas</cite>, A. Lilius, C. Clavius. Gregory XIII Papal Bulls, February 1582.</dd>
-->
- <p>A string is a <dfn>valid global date and time string</dfn> if it
- has the components in the following list, in the given order, and if
- the components in the list follow the constraints given after the
- list:</p>
+ <p>A string is a <dfn>valid global date and time string</dfn>
+ representing a date, time, and a timezone offset if it consists of
+ the following components in the given order:</p>
<ol>
- <li>A <span>valid date string</span>.</li>
+ <li>A <span>valid date string</span> representing the date</li>
- <li>A U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T character.</li>
+ <li>A U+0054 LATIN CAPITAL LETTER T character</li>
- <li>A <span>valid time string</span>.</li>
+ <li>A <span>valid time string</span> representing the time</li>
<li>Either:
<ul>
- <li>A U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z character (indicating the
- time zone is UTC)</li>
+ <li>A U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z character, allowed only if
+ the time zone is UTC</li>
<li>Or:
<ol>
<li>Either a U+002B PLUS SIGN character (+) or a U+002D
- HYPHEN-MINUS (-) character (the sign of the timezone
- offset)</li>
+ HYPHEN-MINUS (-) character, representing the sign of the
+ timezone offset</li>
- <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span> (representing the hours component of the timezone offset)</li>
+ <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span>,
+ representing the hours component <var title="">hour</var> of
+ the timezone offset, in the range 0 ≤ <var
+ title="">hour</var> ≤ 23</li>
- <li>A U+003A COLON character (:).</li>
+ <li>A U+003A COLON character (:)</li>
- <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span> (representing the minutes component of the timezone offset)</li>
+ <li>Two <span title="concept-datetime-digit">digits</span>,
+ representing the minutes component <var title="">minute</var>
+ of the timezone offset, in the range 0 ≤ <var
+ title="">minute</var> ≤ 59</li>
</ol>
@@ -2385,24 +2443,11 @@
</ol>
- <p>The aforementioned constraints are:</p>
+ <p class="note">This format allows for time zone offsets from -23:59
+ to +23:59. In practice, however, the range of actual time zones is
+ -12:00 to +14:00, and the minutes component of actual time zones is
+ always either 00, 30, or 45.</p>
- <ul>
-
- <li>If present, the time zone hour <var title="">h</var> must be in
- the range 0 ≤ <var
- title="">h</var> ≤ 23. (However, in practice, time
- zones do not currently ever have an hour component greater than
- 14.)</li>
-
- <li>If present, the time zone minute <var title="">m</var> must be
- in the range 0 ≤ <var
- title="">m</var> ≤ 59. (However, in practice, time
- zones do not currently ever have a minute component other than 0, 30,
- or 45.)</li>
-
- </ul>
-
<div class="example">
<p>The following are some examples of dates written as <span
@@ -2586,19 +2631,6 @@
</ol>
-
- <h5>Months</h5>
-
- <p>A <dfn title="concept-month">month</dfn> consists of a specific
- Gregorian date with no timezone information and no date information
- beyond a year and a month. <a
- href="#refsGREGORIAN">[GREGORIAN]</a></p>
-
- <p class="XXX">... <dfn>valid month string</dfn></p>
-
- <p class="XXX">... rules to <dfn>parse a month string</dfn></p>
-
-
<h5>Weeks</h5>
<p>A <dfn title="concept-week">week</dfn> consists of a specific
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