<time>

The <time> represents either a time on a 24-hour clock or a precise date in the Gregorian calendar (with optional time and timezone information).

Attributes

Like all other HTML elements, this element supports the global attributes.

datetime

This attribute indicates the time and date of the element and must be a valid date with an optional time string. If the value cannot be parsed as a date with an optional time string, the element does not have an associated time stamp.

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 is not appropriate for instances where a specific date cannot be calculated, nor should it 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. 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.

Examples

Simple example

HTML

<p>The concert starts at <time>20:00</time>.</p>

Output

datetime example

HTML

<p>The concert took place on <time
  datetime="2001-05-15T19:00">May 15</time>.</p>

Output

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• The <data> element, allowing to signal other kind of values.