HTML Time Tag

In HTML, the <time> tag is used to represent a specific period in time which is human readable.

• It represents one of the following:

1. Time on a 24-hour clock.
2. Precise date
3. or a valid time duration.

• As <time> tag is used to encode date and time in a machine-readable format, in that case, the search engine will produce better results of this.
• Also, <time> tag comes under the category of inline elements.
• <time > tag has its one important datetime attribute which is used to translate dates into a machine-readable format; allowing custom features such as reminders.

The <time> tag requires the start(opening) tag and end(closing) tag.

Following is the syntax for using the <time> tag in your HTML code:

<time>
..content here
</time>

Below we have a basic example showing how we use the HTML <time> Tag.

This element supports Global and Event attributes.

Following browsers support this attribute:

• Google Chrome 6.0+
• Internet Explorer 9.0+
• Firefox 4+
• Opera 11.1+
• Safari 5.0+