17853 2012-07-18 07:04:00 +0000 i18n-ISSUE-83: add note about why Gregorian only used 2012-12-29 17:17:30 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG HTML unspecified Other other RESOLVED FIXED P3 normal Unsorted 16955 1 contributor ian addison ian mike public-i18n-core contributor oldest_to_newest 70176 0 contributor 2012-07-18 07:04:00 +0000 This was was cloned from bug 16955 as part of operation convergence. Originally filed: 2012-05-07 17:03:00 +0000 Original reporter: Addison Phillips <addison@lab126.com> ================================================================================ #0 Addison Phillips 2012-05-07 17:03:44 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.5.5 Dates and times http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/common-microsyntaxes.html#dates-and-times The section describes date values using strictly the Gregorian calendar. As long as the values are strictly internal (as a means of representing incremental or floating time values, cf. our note Working With Time Zones), this doesn't represent a barrier to the use of other calendric systems. Please include a note indicating this so that international users understand why Gregorian is used here. ================================================================================ #1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2012-05-10 17:52:22 +0000 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregorian is used here pretty, as opposed to any other calendar system, much arbitrarily. What reason would you give? ================================================================================ 80679 1 contributor 2012-12-29 17:17:30 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r7604. Check-in comment: Add note about why we use Gregorian as the wire calendar. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7603&to=7604