The HTML datetime Attribute is used to specify the date and time of the inserted and the deleted text. It also represents the date and time of the <time> element.
Syntax:
<element datetime="YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD">
Attribute Values: This attribute contains single value YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD which is used to specify the date and time when the text was deleted.
The explanation of datetime components are listed below:
- YYYY: It sets the year of datetime object (e.g. 2009).
- MM: It sets the month of datetime object (e.g. 05 for March).
- DD: It sets the day of the month of datetime object (e.g. 04).
- T: It is a required separator.
- hh: It sets the hour of datetime object (e.g. 18 for 06.00pm).
- mm: It sets the minutes of datetime object (e.g. 34).
- ss: It sets the seconds of date
- time object (e.g. 40).
ZD: Time Zone Designator (Z denotes Zulu, also known as Greenwich Mean Time)
Applicable: datetime attribute is applicable for:
Example: This Example illustrates the use of datetime attribute.
html
<!DOCTYPE html>
< html >
< head >
< title >
HTML datetime Attribute
</ title >
< style >
del {
color: red;
}
ins {
color: green;
}
h1 {
color: green;
}
body {
text-align: center;
}
</ style >
</ head >
< body >
< h1 >GeeksforGeeks</ h1 >
< h2 >
HTML datetime Attribute
</ h2 >
< p >GeeksforGeeks is a
< del >mathematical</ del >
< ins id = "GFG" datetime = "2018-11-21T15:55:03Z" >
computer
</ ins >
< time datetime = "2017-02-14 20:00" >
scienceportal
</ time >
</ p >
</ body >
</ html >
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Output:

Supported Browsers: The browsers supported by datetime Attribute are listed below:
- Google Chrome
- Internet Explorer
- Firefox
- Opera
- Safari
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Last Updated :
15 Jul, 2021
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