Because you can find an example isn't exactly what I would call a "use case". Nor were those pages examples of best practice in any way, shape or form. <br><br><div>I'd prefer that someone who really cares about this as a problem designs the best case solution for the problem that you've highlighted here, rather than shoehorning it in. </div>
<div><br>Is there someone on this list who feels passionately enough to make some working examples and demos? <div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Andy Mabbett <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk">andy@pigsonthewing.org.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="im">On Mon, August 9, 2010 02:19, Ben Schwarz wrote:<br>
> While creating an input that works for every use case you can think of<br>
> sounds like a good idea, I'd like to question weather a user would ever<br>
> *enter<br>
> a date* that would require the inclusion of BC/AD.<br>
><br>
> I'm certain that there is a requirement to markup such text, but as for *<br>
> entry* I'm strongly of the opinion that you're over cooking this.<br>
<br>
</div>It took only seconds to find:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html" target="_blank">http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html</a><br>
<br>
which requires (for some dates) entry of 1, 2, and 3-figure and BC years.<br>
<br>
Likewise:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html" target="_blank">http://www.smart.net/~mmontes/ec-cal.html</a><br>
<br>
"Please enter a year after A.D. 325"<br>
<br>
<br>
Consider also a site allowing a search of an archive of archaeological<br>
finds by year of origin.<br>
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</font><div><div></div><div class="h5">Andy Mabbett<br>
@pigsonthewing<br>
<a href="http://pigsonthewing.org.uk" target="_blank">http://pigsonthewing.org.uk</a><br>
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