<time>: The (Date) Time element
The <time>
HTML element represents a specific period in time. It may include the datetime
attribute to translate dates into machine-readable format, allowing for better search engine results or custom features such as reminders.
It may represent one of the following:
- A time on a 24-hour clock.
- A precise date in the Gregorian calendar (with optional time and timezone information).
- A valid time duration.
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Attributes
Like all other HTML elements, this element supports the global attributes.
datetime
-
This attribute indicates the time and/or date of the element and must be in one of the formats described below.
Usage notes
This element is for presenting dates and times in a machine-readable format. For example, this can help a user agent offer to add an event to a user's calendar.
This element should not be used for dates prior to the introduction of the Gregorian calendar (due to complications in calculating those dates).
The datetime value (the machine-readable value of the datetime) is the value of the element's datetime
attribute, which must be in the proper format (see below). If the element does not have a datetime
attribute, it must not have any element descendants, and the datetime value is the element's child text content.
Valid datetime values
- a valid year string
-
2011
- a valid month string
-
2011-11
- a valid date string
-
2011-11-18
- a valid yearless date string
-
11-18
- a valid week string
-
2011-W47
- a valid time string
-
14:54
14:54:39
14:54:39.929
- a valid local date and time string
-
2011-11-18T14:54:39.929
2011-11-18 14:54:39.929
- a valid global date and time string
-
2011-11-18T14:54:39.929Z
2011-11-18T14:54:39.929-0400
2011-11-18T14:54:39.929-04:00
2011-11-18 14:54:39.929Z
2011-11-18 14:54:39.929-0400
2011-11-18 14:54:39.929-04:00
- a valid duration string
-
PT4H18M3S
Examples
Simple example
HTML
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<p>The concert starts at <time datetime="2018-07-07T20:00:00">20:00</time>.</p>
Result
datetime
example
HTML
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<p>
The concert took place on <time datetime="2001-05-15T19:00">May 15</time>.
</p>
Result
Technical summary
Content categories | Flow content, phrasing content, palpable content. |
---|---|
Permitted content | Phrasing content. |
Tag omission | None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory. |
Permitted parents | Any element that accepts phrasing content. |
Implicit ARIA role | No corresponding role |
Permitted ARIA roles | Any |
DOM interface | HTMLTimeElement |
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # the-time-element |
Browser compatibility
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See also
- The
<data>
element, allowing to signal other kind of values.