[whatwg] HTMLInputElement, "date" State, and Complexity

[Tab Atkins Jr.]

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:54 AM, Garrett Smith<dhtmlkitchen at gmail.com> wrote:
> HTML 5 defines input type="date" as an input state. This is
> implemented in at least one userAgent (Opera). Which other browsers
> have implemented that?

No one else, in their public releases.  I don't keep track of
nightlies much, so I'm not sure if anyone has the functionality
sitting there waiting to be included.

> It seems like the added value to the programmer for valueAsDate
> appears to be convenience method to format to/parse from ISO 8601, but
> place on input as a behavior property, and working only when the input
> is in the "date" state. For setting[1], the convenience appears to be
> to set a date value when the Date's [[value]] is "valid", although a
> "valid" date does not seem to be mentioned, much less clearly defined,
> and the reference links to [GREGORIAN] are broken[1].
>
> I can't see much other reason for having valueAsDate. Am I missing something?
>
> [1]http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#valid-date-string

Do you need much more reason than that it lets you conveniently
convert between the date string and a Date?

~TJ