The profile of ISO 8601 it intends to support definitely does require hyphens.
http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime The JavaScript Date object doesn't handle ISO 8601 style dates at all, at least in its constructor: >>> new Date("2006") Invalid Date >>> new Date("2006-11") Invalid Date >>> new Date("2006-11-23") Invalid Date While isoDate could attempt to validate dates, it would add a lot of complexity to the code and probably not solve any problems that people actually have. Did you actually run into a situation where date validation would've saved you time or effort, or were you simply throwing invalid dates at the function to see what would happen? The only real need I see for validation would be if it was intended for user input.. but you'd want something more flexible for user input. ISO style dates are for machines. -bob On 12/11/06, Prathap(பிரதாப் நிர்மல்) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Bob, > Thanks for the reply. But it will be great if we can do something more > that what Javascript Date object does. Also the isoDate can't be used with > simple formats like isoDate('20061123') whereas the default Date can be. Is > there any reason on why the isoDate function is restricted to dates > separated by '-' character? The 8601 doesn't seem to specify any such > restrictions. Thanks again for your input and for such a great library! > > ~ > Prathap > > On 12/11/06, Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's not a bug, that's what the JavaScript Date object does. I don't > > see a particularly good reason to "fix" this. > > > > -bob > > > > > > On 12/11/06, Nirmal <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > Hi All, > > > I noticed that the date library in MochiKit behaves differently, > > > > > > isoDate('2006-34-34') gives Mon Nov 03 2008 00:00:00 GMT+0530 (India > > > Standard Time) > > > > > > The month and date values above are invalid. But it ads up to the date > > > value, its like find the date of the day that is 34 months and 34 days > > > after 2006-Jan'01. But the ISO 8601 spec specifies a limit on the > > > values -> > > > > > > MM = two-digit month (01=January, etc.) > > > DD = two-digit day of month (01 through 31) > > > > > > So is this a bug in mochikit? I will be happy to fix it. > > > > > > ~ > > > Prathap > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > பிரதாப் நிர்மல் > Web Applications Engineer > Google Online India Pvt. Ltd. > 7th Floor, Jayabheri Silicon Towers, > Madhapur Road, Kondapur > Hyderabad - 500 032 > mobile : +91 99856 34636 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MochiKit" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mochikit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
