HTML <time> Tag

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Example

How to define a time and a date:

<p>Open from <time>10:00</time> to <time>21:00</time> every weekday.</p>

<p>I have a date on <time datetime="2008-02-14 20:00">Valentines day</time>.</p>

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Definition and Usage

The <time> tag defines a specific time (or datetime).

The datetime attribute of this element is used translate the time into a machine-readable format so that browsers can offer to add date reminders through the user's calendar, and search engines can produce smarter search results.

Browser Support

The numbers in the table specify the first browser version that fully supports the element.

Element
<time>	62.0	18.0	22.0	7.0	49.0

Attributes

Attribute	Value	Description
datetime	datetime	Represent a machine-readable format of the <time> element

Global Attributes

The <time> tag also supports the Global Attributes in HTML.

Event Attributes

The <time> tag also supports the Event Attributes in HTML.

HTML DOM reference: Time Object

Default CSS Settings

None.