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<!--> <!DOCTYPE> <a> <abbr> <acronym> <address> <applet> <area> <article> <aside> <audio> <b> <base> <basefont> <bdi> <bdo> <big> <blockquote> <body> <br> <button> <canvas> <caption> <center> <cite> <code> <col> <colgroup> <command> <datalist> <dd> <del> <details> <dfn> <dialog> <dir> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <embed> <fieldset> <figcaption> <figure> <font> <footer> <form> <frame> <frameset> <head> <header> <hgroup> <h1> - <h6> <hr> <html> <i> <iframe> <img> <input> <ins> <kbd> <keygen> <label> <legend> <li> <link> <map> <mark> <menu> <meta> <meter> <nav> <noframes> <noscript> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <output> <p> <param> <pre> <progress> <q> <rp> <rt> <ruby> <s> <samp> <script> <section> <select> <small> <source> <span> <strike> <strong> <style> <sub> <summary> <sup> <table> <tbody> <td> <textarea> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <time> <title> <tr> <track> <tt> <u> <ul> <var> <video> <wbr>HTML <time> Tag
Example
How to define a time and a date:
<p>We open at
<time>10:00</time> every morning.</p>
<p>I have a date on <time datetime="2008-02-14">Valentines day</time>.</p>
<p>I have a date on <time datetime="2008-02-14">Valentines day</time>.</p>
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Browser Support
The <time> tag does not render as anything special in any of the major browsers.
Definition and Usage
The <time> tag defines either a time (24 hour clock), or a date in the Gregorian calendar, optionally with a time and a time-zone offset.
This element can be used as a way to encode dates and times in a machine-readable way so that, for example, user agents can offer to add birthday reminders or scheduled events to the user's calendar, and search engines can produce smarter search results.
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
The <time> tag is new in HTML5.
Attributes
New : New in HTML5.
| Attribute | Value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| datetimeNew | datetime | Gives the date/time being specified. Otherwise, the date/time is given by the element's contents |
Global Attributes
The <time> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.
Event Attributes
The <time> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.
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