encoding/json/v2: support ISO 8601 durations

Based on the discussion in #71631, it is hotly contested
whether the default JSON representation for a Go time.Duration
should be the time.Duration.String format or
a particular profile of ISO 8601.
Regardless of the default, it seems clear that we should
at least support ISO 8601 if specified via a format flag.
Note that this CL does not alter the default representation.

Unfortunately, ISO 8601 is a large and evolving standard
with many optional extensions and optional restrictions.
Thus, the term "ISO 8601 duration" unfortunately does not
resolve to a particular grammar, nor one that is stable.

However, there is precedence that we can follow in this matter.
JSON finds its heritage in JavaScript and
JavaScript is adding a Temporal.Duration type whose default
JSON representation is ISO 8601.
There is a well-specified grammar for their particular
profile of ISO 8601, which is documented at:
    https://tc39.es/proposal-temporal/#prod-Duration

This particular CL adds support for ISO 8601 according to
the exact same grammar that JavaScript uses.
While Temporal.Duration is technically still a proposal,
it is already in stage 3 of the TC39 proposal process
(i.e., "no changes to the proposal are expected"
and "has been recommended for implementation")
and therefore close to final adoption.

One major concern with ISO 8601 is that it supports
nominal date units like years, months, weeks, and days
that do not have an accurate meaning without being
anchored to a particular point in time and place on Earth.

Fortunately, JavaScript (by default) avoids producing
Temporal.Duration values with nominal units unless
arithmetic in JavaScript explicitly sets a largestUnits
value that is larger than "hours". In the Go implementation,
we support syntactically parsing the full ISO 8601 grammar
(according to JavaScript), but semantically report an error if
nominal units are present. This ensures that ISO 8601 durations
remain accurate so long as they only use the accurate units
of hours, minutes, or seconds.

Updates #71631

Change-Id: I983593662f2150461ebc486a5acfeb72f0286939
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/682403
Reviewed-by: Daniel Martí <mvdan@mvdan.cc>
Reviewed-by: Damien Neil <dneil@google.com>
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