Time element

Research, data, use cases, issues, and enhancements related to the HTML5 time element.

year only

The time element should accept just a year.

ISO8601 syntax

YYYY

use case research

http://microformats.org/wiki/birthday-examples#year_only

Opinions / discusion:

• +1 Faruk (per Bug 7145 - Valid date strings should accept ambiguous inputs, like "2009" or "2007-01") One example is the very common archive view found on most blogs, which contain distinct links or headers for each year, each month per year, and often each date within a chosen or highlighted month. Currently, the <time> element only allows for datetime values as precise as a specific day, e.g. YYYY-MM-DD.
• -1 Hixie - "Without clear use cases, I don't intend to change the spec here." (ibid)
• +1 Tantek (per HTML5 Super Friends Technical Details: time element)

year month only

The time element should accept just a year and a month.

ISO8601 syntax

YYYY-MM

Opinions / discusion:

• +1 Tantek
• +1 Faruk (per Bug 7145 - Valid date strings should accept ambiguous inputs, like "2009" or "2007-01") One example is the very common archive view found on most blogs, which contain distinct links or headers for each year, each month per year, and often each date within a chosen or highlighted month. Currently, the <time> element only allows for datetime values as precise as a specific day, e.g. YYYY-MM-DD.
• -1 Hixie - "Without clear use cases, I don't intend to change the spec here." (ibid)
• +1 "radiz" implied support for YYYY-MM with the real world use case question: "How to use <time> with a date in astrology?" in the article http://html5doctor.com/your-questions-answered-6/
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month day only

The time element should accept just a month and a day.

ISO8601 syntax

--MM-DD

use case research

http://microformats.org/wiki/birthday-examples#month_and_day_only

Opinions / discusion:

• +1 Tantek (per HTML5 Super Friends Technical Details: time element)