[whatwg] [Web Forms 2.0] Last minute suggestion - The <format> element.

[Jim Ley]

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:48:41 +0100, Olav Junker Kjær <olav at olav.dk> wrote:
> Date entry should be either unambiguous (e.g. picking from a calendar)
> or consistently in the same format across sites. Otherwise users will
> buy plane tickets for the wrong dates and will be unhappy.

The current state of the web does not involve unambigous dates, yet
the problem you describe is not widespread.

Jim.