[giowt] (0) Clarify what the best representation of a datetime is.

Fixing http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11694 git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@5848 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Feb 8, 2011 · bdeb95d · bdeb95d
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@@ -5140,11 +5140,12 @@ <h5 id=global-dates-and-times><span class=secno>2.5.5.5 </span>Global dates and
 
   <p>The <dfn id=best-representation-of-the-global-date-and-time-string>best representation of the global date and time
   string</dfn> <var title="">datetime</var> is the <a href=#valid-global-date-and-time-string>valid global
-  date and time string</a> representing <var title="">datetime</var> with the last character of the string not
-  being a U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z character (Z), even if the
-  time zone is UTC, and with a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-)
-  representing the sign of the time-zone offset when the time zone is
-  UTC.</p>
+  date and time string</a> representing <var title="">datetime</var>, with the <a href=#valid-time-string>valid time string</a>
+  component being given in its shortest possible form, with the last
+  character of the string not being a U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
+  character (Z), even if the time zone is UTC, and with a U+002D
+  HYPHEN-MINUS character (-) representing the sign of the time-zone
+  offset when the time zone is UTC.</p>
 
   <p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-global-date-and-time-string>parse a global date and time string</dfn> are
   as follows. This will return either a time in UTC, with associated

diff --git a/index b/index
@@ -5120,11 +5120,12 @@ a.setAttribute('href', 'http://example.com/'); // change the content attribute d
 
   <p>The <dfn id=best-representation-of-the-global-date-and-time-string>best representation of the global date and time
   string</dfn> <var title="">datetime</var> is the <a href=#valid-global-date-and-time-string>valid global
-  date and time string</a> representing <var title="">datetime</var> with the last character of the string not
-  being a U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z character (Z), even if the
-  time zone is UTC, and with a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-)
-  representing the sign of the time-zone offset when the time zone is
-  UTC.</p>
+  date and time string</a> representing <var title="">datetime</var>, with the <a href=#valid-time-string>valid time string</a>
+  component being given in its shortest possible form, with the last
+  character of the string not being a U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
+  character (Z), even if the time zone is UTC, and with a U+002D
+  HYPHEN-MINUS character (-) representing the sign of the time-zone
+  offset when the time zone is UTC.</p>
 
   <p>The rules to <dfn id=parse-a-global-date-and-time-string>parse a global date and time string</dfn> are
   as follows. This will return either a time in UTC, with associated

diff --git a/source b/source
@@ -4438,11 +4438,12 @@ a.setAttribute('href', 'http://example.com/'); // change the content attribute d
   <p>The <dfn>best representation of the global date and time
   string</dfn> <var title="">datetime</var> is the <span>valid global
   date and time string</span> representing <var
-  title="">datetime</var> with the last character of the string not
-  being a U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z character (Z), even if the
-  time zone is UTC, and with a U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS character (-)
-  representing the sign of the time-zone offset when the time zone is
-  UTC.</p>
+  title="">datetime</var>, with the <span>valid time string</span>
+  component being given in its shortest possible form, with the last
+  character of the string not being a U+005A LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Z
+  character (Z), even if the time zone is UTC, and with a U+002D
+  HYPHEN-MINUS character (-) representing the sign of the time-zone
+  offset when the time zone is UTC.</p>
 
   <p>The rules to <dfn>parse a global date and time string</dfn> are
   as follows. This will return either a time in UTC, with associated