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Re: RFE: Date Format
- To: David Lloyd <lloy0076 at rebel dot net dot au>
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: RFE: Date Format
- From: Colin Paul Adams <colin at colina dot demon dot co dot uk>
- Date: Sun, 07 Jan 2001 08:52:39 +0000
- Cc: docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- References: <3A57C363.AA75E30F@rebel.net.au>
>>>>> "David" == David Lloyd <lloy0076@rebel.net.au> writes:
David> REQUEST FOR ENHANCEMENT -----------------------
David> <year> numerical, from 0 to infinity (I guess)
Not a good guess:
1) There is and never was a year 0 - The Common Era (C.E. a.k.a. A.D.)
begins in year 1.
2) Whilst it is unlikely that the LDP would need it, it is possible
that people using DocBook might wish to refer to dates Before the
Common Era (B.C.E. a.k.a. B.C.).
So I suggest the valid value for the year be any non-zero interger
(negative values to be treated as B.C.E. dates).
--
Colin Paul Adams
Preston Lancashire