HTMLTimeElement: dateTime property

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

Value

A string. For valid string formats, see the datetime valid values.

Examples

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

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

Specifications

Browser compatibility

See also

• HTMLTimeElement
• HTMLModElement.dateTime
• Date strings
• Local date and time strings