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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><!-- Converted from text/plain format -->I
think arithmetic notation for dates B.C. is unintuitive and hard to understand
(also because in terms of dates -1+1=1). It would be better to present a B.C. check
box, or just say it aloud if dates A.D. are not expected.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Chris</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:35.4pt'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> whatwg-bounces@lists.whatwg.org
[mailto:whatwg-bounces@lists.whatwg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Rikkert Koppes<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, August 28, 2007
10:39 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> whatwg@lists.whatwg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [whatwg] (no subject)</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:35.4pt'><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt'>- are
negative years allowed (B.C.)? </span></font><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>the datetime description tells me "four or more
digits (0 to 9) representing the year" which implies "no". use
case: hystory questionary<br>
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Regards,<br>
Rikkert Koppes<br>
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