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Contents 1 <time> 1.1 Point 1.2 HTML Attributes 1.3 Examples 1.3.1 Example A 1.4 HTML Reference

<time>

The <time> element represents its contents, along with a machine-readable form of those contents in the datetime attribute.

Point

• The datetime value of a time element is the value of the element's datetime attribute, if it has one, or the element's textContent, if it does not.
• The kind of content is limited to various kinds of dates, times, time-zone offsets, and durations, as described below:
  • A valid month string
    • 2012-03
  • A valid date string
    • 3012-03-29
  • A calid time string
    • 15:25
    • 15:25:35
  • A valid local date and time string
    • 2012-03-29T15:25:35
    • 2012-03-29 15:25:35
  • A valid time-zone offset string
    • Z
    • 0000
    • 00:00
  • See more details: Datetime value at HTML5 specification.

HTML Attributes

• datetime = date or time
  Specifies the date or time that the element represents.

See also global attributes.

Examples

Example A

[try it]

<p>
On <time datetime="1913-03-12">12 March 1913</time>, the city of Canberra
was officially given its name by Lady Denman, the wife of Governor-General
Lord Denman.
</p>

HTML Reference

This element was introduced in HTML5 - 4.6.9 The time element.