HTML datetime Attribute
The HTML datetime attribute specifies the date and time associated with the content, facilitating machine-readable information. It’s commonly used with elements like <time> to provide structured time-related data.
Syntax
<element datetime="YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD">
Attribute Values
This attribute contains a single value YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD which is used to specify the date and time when the text was deleted.
The explanation of datetime components is listed below:
- YYYY: It sets the year of datetime object (e.g. 2009).
- MM: It sets the month of datetime object (e.g. 05 for March).
- DD: It sets the day of the month of datetime object (e.g. 04).
- T: It is a required separator.
- hh: It sets the hour of datetime object (e.g. 18 for 06.00pm).
- mm: It sets the minutes of datetime object (e.g. 34).
- ss: It sets the seconds of date
- time object (e.g. 40).
- ZD: Time Zone Designator (Z denotes Zulu, also known as Greenwich Mean Time)
Applicable
datetime attribute is applicable for:
<del> |
Represents deleted or removed text within a document. |
<ins> |
Represents inserted or added text within a document. |
<time> |
Represents a specific period of time or a datetime stamp. |
HTML datetime Attribute Example
Example : In this example we demonstrates the <ins> tag to represent inserted or added text, marking the change from “mathematical” to “computer” in the content.
html
<!DOCTYPE html> < html > < head > </ head > < body > < h2 >HTML ins Tag</ h2 > < p > w3wiki is a < del >mathematical</ del > < ins datetime = "2018-11-21T15:55:03Z" > computer </ ins > science portal </ p > </ body > </ html > |
Output:
Supported Browsers
The browsers supported by datetime Attribute are listed below: