Ian Hickson wrote:
If this was a totally new syntax, I would agree.But as something based on ISO8601 (and thereby also RFC 3339) it appears to be a bad idea to make it less compatible just for that reason.We've seriously simplified the ISO-8601 syntax in many more ways than just this. This was a conscious design decision.
Yes, the same decision was made for RFC 3339 (and the similar W3C Note). I was recommending to stay closer to those, not to ISO8601.
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BR, Julian
