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Comprehensive HTML tags

HTML ins datetime attribute

The datetime attribute specifies the date and time when the text was inserted or modified, and the datetime attribute will not display any special content in any mainstream browser.

　HTML <ins> tag

Online Example

Inserted text, as well as the date and time of the inserted text:

Example



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Browser Compatibility

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The datetime attribute has no visual effect in ordinary web browsers, but can be used by screen readers.

Definition and Usage

The datetime attribute specifies the date and time when the text was inserted or modified.

HTML 4.01 with HTML5differences

None.

Syntax

<ins datetime="YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD">

Attribute Value

Value	Description
YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD	Specify the insertion/Change the date and time of the text. Component Description: YYYY - Year (for example 2009) MM - Month (for example 01, indicating January) DD - Day of the month (for example 　08) T - Required separator hh - Hours (for example 22, indicating PM 10.00) mm - Minutes (for example 55) ss - Seconds (for example 03) TZD - Time zone designator (Z represents Zulu, and also Greenwich Mean Time)

　HTML <ins> tag

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