This is a citeproc-js question, right? CSL doesn't have any specified input date format.
On Mon, Jun 8, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Martin Fenner <m...@martinfenner.org> wrote: > Dear list, > > while the way CSL handles date information works really well, e.g. for > partial dates, I would like to understand why ISO 8601 (the datetime > standard) wasn’t choosen for this. ISO 8601 handles both partial dates, > e.g. „2006“ or „2006-11“ and date ranges, e.g. „2006-11-01/2006-11-15“, the > only limitation are cases such as quarters, etc. > > I admit that the reason I bring this up is edge cases currently not > reflected in citation styles (e.g. including hours and minutes), but > handling of dates in ISO 8601 format also seems to be easier, given the > wide support in languages and frameworks. Is it mostly „why change > something that works now“, or are there are other arguments that I have > missed. Happy to read up earlier messages on this topic if you provide a > link. > > Best, > > Martin > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > xbiblio-devel mailing list > xbiblio-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xbiblio-devel > -- Sebastian Karcher, PhD Department of Political Science Northwestern University
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