Ernest Cline wrote:
From a practical viewpoint, being able to specify dates before January 1, 1 BC (Gregorian) would allow for historical dates not currently available to be specified in markup of documents concerning history.
Such dates do not need to be published on the web in machine readable readable formats. How often to do you need to book a flight, or add an event to your calendar that far back in the past?
...The Y10K problem can also be pushed back by this, but is of only theoretical importance.
There are still 7992 years before we need to have a Y10K solution implemented. Thus we can safely leave it to to future generations to solve. -- Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software http://lachy.id.au/ http://www.opera.com/
