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| xs:gYearMonth, xs:gYear, xs:gMonthDay, xs:gDay, xs:gMonth |
| Defined in: XML Schema part 2 |
These datatypes, thanks to their generally awkward natures, have collectively been christened "gHorribleKluge" by folks on the xml-dev mailing list. Very few XML documents are defined using these datatypes, which use a truncated representation of the ISO 8601 representation embodied in xs:date.