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Bug 9979 - Why can't a value start out incomplete, e.g. "2010-" ?
Summary: Why can't a value start out incomplete, e.g. "2010-" ?
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-06-22 13:49 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-04 13:58 UTC (History)
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Description contributor 2010-06-22 13:49:40 UTC
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#date-and-time-state

Comment:
Why can't a value start out incomplete, e.g. "2010-" ?

Posted from: 86.167.125.100
Comment 1 Lachlan Hunt 2010-07-01 11:12:05 UTC
What's the use case for this that can't be solved by specifying a more specific date within the range?

e.g. "2010-01-01" would set the inital date to the beginning of the year.

What benefit would there be, or what differences in implementation do you perceive, from the ability to specify a non-specific date?