HTML <del> datetime Attribute

Last Updated : 07 Jun, 2023

The <del> datetime Attribute in HTML is used to specify the date and time of the deleted text. The date-time is inserted in the format YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD.
Syntax:

<del 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 datetime object (e.g. 40).
TZD: Time Zone Designator (Z denotes Zulu, also known as Greenwich Mean Time)

Example:

html

<!DOCTYPE html>  
<html>  
  
<head>  
    <title>  
        HTML Del dateTime Attribute  
    </title>  
      
    <style>  
        del {  
            color: red;  
        }  
          
        ins {  
            color: green;  
        }  
    </style>  
</head>  
  
<body style="text-align:center;">  
    <h1>  
    GeeksforGeeks  
</h1>  
  
    <h2>  
    HTML <del> dateTime Attribute  
</h2>  
  
    <p>  
        GeeksforGeeks is a  
        <del id="GFG" datetime="2018-11-21T15:55:03Z">  
            mathematical 
        </del> 
          
        <ins>computer</ins> science portal  
    </p> 
</body>  
  
</html>                     