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    HTMLTimeElement.dateTime

    The HTMLTimeElement.dateTime property is a DOMString that reflects the datetime HTML attribute, containing a machine-readable form of the element's date and time value.

    The format of the string must follow one of the following HTML microsyntaxes:

    Microsyntax Description Examples
    Valid month string YYYY-MM 2011-11, 2013-05
    Valid date string YYYY-MM-DD 1887-12-01
    Valid yearless date string MM-DD 11-12
    Valid time string HH:MM
    HH:MM:SS
    HH:MM:SS.mmm    		 23:59
    12:15:47
    12:15:52.998
    Valid local date and time string YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM
    YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
    YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.mmm
    YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM
    YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS
    YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.mmm    		 2013-12-25 11:12
    1972-07-25 13:43:07
    1941-03-15 07:06:23.678
    2013-12-25T11:12
    1972-07-25T13:43:07
    1941-03-15T07:06:23.678
    Valid time-zone offset string Z
    +HHMM
    +    HH:MM
    -HHMM
    -    HH:MM    		 Z
    +0200
    +04:30
    -0300
    -08:00
    Valid global date and time string Any combination of a valid local date and time string followed by a valid time-zone offset string 2013-12-25 11:12+0200
    1972-07-25 13:43:07+04:30
    1941-03-15 07:06:23.678Z
    2013-12-25T11:12-08:00
    Valid week string YYYY-WWW 2013-W46
    Four or more ASCII digits YYYY 2013, 0001
    Valid duration string PdDThHmMsS
    PdDThHmMs.XS
    PdDThHmMs.XXS
    PdDThHmMs.XXXS
    PThHmMsS
    PThHmMs.XS
    PThHmMs.XXS
    PThHmMs.XXXS
    ww dd hh mm ss    		 P12DT7H12M13S
    P12DT7H12M13.3S
    P12DT7H12M13.45S
    P12DT7H12M13.455S
    PT7H12M13S
    PT7H12M13.2S
    PT7H12M13.56S
    PT7H12M13.999S
    7d 5h 24m 13s

    Syntax

    dateTimeString = timeElt.dateTime;
timeElt.dateTime = dateTimeString

    Examples

    // Assumes there is <time id="t"> element in the HTML

var t = document.getElementByID("t");
t.dateTime = "6w 5h 34m 5s";

    Specifications

    Specification Status Comment
    WHATWG HTML Living Standard
    The definition of 'HTMLTimeElement' in that specification.    		 Living Standard No change from HTML5.1.
    HTML5.1
    The definition of 'HTMLTimeElement' in that specification.    		 Working Draft No change from HTML5.
    HTML5
    The definition of 'HTMLTimeElement' in that specification.    		 Recommendation Initial definition.

    Browser compatibility

    Feature Chrome Firefox (Gecko) Internet Explorer Opera Safari (WebKit)
    Basic support Not supported 22.0 (22.0) Not supported 11.50
    Removed in 15.0    		 Not supported
    Feature Android Firefox Mobile (Gecko) IE Phone Opera Mobile Safari Mobile
    Basic support Not supported 22.0 (22.0) Not supported ? Not supported

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