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<p>The <strong>HTML <code>&lt;time&gt;</code> element</strong> represents either a time on a 24-hour clock or a precise date in the <a class="external" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar" title="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar">Gregorian calendar</a> (with optional time and timezone information).</p>
<p>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.&nbsp;</p>
<div class="note">
 <strong>Usage note: </strong>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).</div>
<ul class="htmlelt">
 <li><dfn><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Content_categories" title="HTML/Content_categories">Content categories</a></dfn><a href="/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content" title="HTML/Content_categories#Flow_content">Flow content</a>, <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Phrasing content">phrasing content</a>, palpable content.</li>
 <li><dfn>Permitted content</dfn> <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Phrasing content">Phrasing content</a>, but no descendant <code>time</code> elements.</li>
 <li><dfn>Tag omission</dfn> None; both the starting and ending tags are mandatory.</li>
 <li><dfn>Permitted parent elements</dfn> Any element that accepts <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Content_categories#Phrasing_content" title="HTML/Content categories#Phrasing content">phrasing content</a>.</li>
 <li><dfn>DOM interface</dfn> {{domxref("HTMLTimeElement")}}</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="Attributes">Attributes</h2>
<p>Like all other HTML&nbsp;elements, this element supports the <a href="/en-US/docs/HTML/Global_attributes" title="HTML/Global attributes">global attributes</a>.</p>
<dl>
 <dt>
  {{htmlattrdef("datetime")}}</dt>
 <dd>
  This attribute indicates the time and date of the element and must be a <a class="external" href="https://www.w3.org/TR/html-markup/datatypes.html#common.data.datetime" title="https://www.w3.org/TR/html5/common-microsyntaxes.html#valid-date-string-with-optional-time">valid date with an optional time string</a>. If the value cannot be parsed as a date with an optional time string, the element does not have an associated time stamp.</dd>
</dl>
<h2 id="Examples">Examples</h2>
<h3 id="Simple_example" name="Simple_example">Simple example</h3>
<pre class="brush: html">
&lt;p&gt;The concert starts at &lt;time&gt;20:00&lt;/time&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
</pre>
<p>Above HTML will output:</p>
<p>The concert starts at 20:00.</p>
<h3 id="Datetime_example" name="Datetime_example"><code>datetime</code> example</h3>
<pre class="brush: html">
&lt;p&gt;The concert took place on &lt;time datetime="2001-05-15 19:00"&gt;May 15&lt;/time&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
</pre>
<p>Above HTML will output:</p>
<p>The concert took place on May 15.</p>
<h2 id="Specifications" name="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table class="standard-table">
 <thead>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', '#the-time-element', '&lt;time&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>No change from {{SpecName('HTML5.1')}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5.1', 'grouping-content.html#the-time-element', '&lt;time&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5.1')}}</td>
   <td>No change from {{SpecName('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', 'grouping-content.html#the-time-element', '&lt;time&gt;')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>
<div id="compat-desktop">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Feature</th>
    <th>Chrome</th>
    <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
    <th>Internet Explorer</th>
    <th>Opera</th>
    <th>Safari</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>33.0</td>
    <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop("22.0")}}</td>
    <td>9.0</td>
    <td>22.0</td>
    <td>7.0</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<div id="compat-mobile">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Feature</th>
    <th>Android</th>
    <th>Chrome for Android</th>
    <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
    <th>IE Mobile</th>
    <th>Opera Mobile</th>
    <th>Safari Mobile</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>2.1</td>
    <td>{{CompatUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile("22.0")}}</td>
    <td>10.0</td>
    <td>11.50<br />
     Removed in 15.0</td>
    <td>4.0-4.1</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<h2 id="See_also" name="See_also">See also</h2>
<ul>
 <li>The {{HTMLElement("data")}} element, allowing to signal other kind of values.</li>
</ul>
<p>{{HTMLRef}}</p>