<time>

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

Content categories	Flow content, phrasing content, palpable content.
Permitted content	Phrasing content.
Tag omission	None; both the starting and ending tags are mandatory.
Permitted parents	Any element that accepts phrasing content.
Permitted ARIA roles	Any
DOM interface	HTMLTimeElement

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 intended to be used presenting dates and times in a machine readable format. This can be helpful for user agents to offer any event scheduling for 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 to the Gregorian calendar (due to complications with calculating those dates).

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

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of '<time>' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from HTML5.1
HTML5.1 The definition of '<time>' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change from HTML5
HTML5 The definition of '<time>' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

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