[whatwg] Expanding datetime
Lachlan Hunt
lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au
Thu Apr 24 02:05:44 PDT 2008
Ernest Cline wrote:
> From a practical viewpoint, being able to specify dates before
> January 1, 1 BC (Gregorian) would allow for historical dates not
> currently available to be specified in markup of documents concerning
> history.
Such dates do not need to be published on the web in machine readable
readable formats. How often to do you need to book a flight, or add an
event to your calendar that far back in the past?
> ...The Y10K problem can also be pushed back by this, but is of only
> theoretical importance.
There are still 7992 years before we need to have a Y10K solution
implemented. Thus we can safely leave it to to future generations to solve.
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Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software
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