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    1. Fundamental Syntax and Semantics > 1.16. Marking Up Dates and Times

    1.16. Marking Up Dates and Times

    Problem

    You want to encode date-time content for machines, but still retain human readability.

    Solution

    Wrap the human-friendly date-time information in the time element, and specify the machine-readable information via the datetime attribute:

    <p>Published: <time datetime="2011-01-15">January 15, 2011</time></p>

    Depending on the date and time you are trying to specify, the following approaches are also valid:

    Time only
    <p>The class starts at <time datetime="08:00">8:00 am</time>.</p>
    Date and time (requires time zone specification)
    <p>Registration opens on <time datetime="2011-01-15T08:00-07:00">January 15, 2011
   at 8:00 am, Mountain Time</time>.</p>
    Visible machine-readable format (no date-time required)

      

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