20649 2013-01-11 17:10:08 +0000 2.5.5 defines all dates as proleptic, even when they're not 2013-03-07 23:42:38 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified WHATWG HTML unspecified All All RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal Unsorted 1 w3 ian ian mike contributor oldest_to_newest 81253 0 w3 2013-01-11 17:10:08 +0000 2.5.5.1 says: "A month consists of a specific proleptic Gregorian date"; 2.5.5.2 says likewise: "A date consists of a specific proleptic Gregorian date". Similar references are made in 2.5.5.5, 2.5.5.7, and 2.5.5.8. The word "proleptic" is used here to mean "use the Gregorian calendar regardless of whether it was actually in effect at the time you're talking about." However, its actual meaning is a date that *is* before the introduction of the calendar, not that it merely *could* be before then. (If one wanted to interpret the specification strictly, you could say that this makes it an error to mark up dates after 1582; this would be rather silly, though.) I suggest fixing this by changing both to read "... consists of a specific Gregorian date, using the calendar proleptically before its introduction, ..." 84103 1 ian 2013-03-07 23:39:52 +0000 Yeah, that should be "proleptic-Gregorian date", not "proleptic Gregorian date". I've fixed the grammar, and for additional measure, added a paragraph of explanatory text on the matter and cross-referenced all uses of the word "proleptic" to it. 84104 2 contributor 2013-03-07 23:40:10 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r7740. Check-in comment: Clarify use of the term 'proleptic'. http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7739&to=7740 84105 3 contributor 2013-03-07 23:42:38 +0000 Checked in as WHATWG revision r7741. Check-in comment: ack for last checkin http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=7740&to=7741