ins dateTime Property

Return the date and time of when some text was inserted:

var x = document.getElementById("myIns").dateTime;

Description

The dateTime property sets or returns the value of the datetime attribute of an inserted text.

The datetime attribute specifies the date and time of when the text was inserted/changed.

Note: The datetime attribute has no visual effect in ordinary web browsers, but can be used by screen readers.

Property
dateTime	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Return the dateTime property:

insObject.dateTime

Set the dateTime property:

insObject.dateTime = YYYY -MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD

Value	Description
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD	Specifies the date and time of when the text was inserted/changed. Explanation of components: YYYY - year (e.g. 2009) MM - month (e.g. 01 for January) DD - day of the month (e.g. 08) T - a required separator hh - hour (e.g. 22 for 10.00pm) mm - minutes (e.g. 55) ss - seconds (e.g. 03) TZD - Time Zone Designator (Z denotes Zulu, also known as Greenwich Mean Time)

Value

Description

YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD

Specifies the date and time of when the text was inserted/changed.

Explanation of components:

Return Value:	A String, representing the date and time of when the text was inserted

Change the value of the datetime attribute:

document.getElementById("myIns").dateTime = "2013-11-15T21:40:07Z";