HTML DOM Time dateTime Property


The HTML DOM Time dateTime property returns/sets datetime attribute of time element.

Following is the syntax −

Returning string value

timeObject.dateTime

Setting dateTime to string value

timeObject.dateTime = YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD

Here, “YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD” can be the following −

stringValue
Details
YYYY
It defines year (eg:1998)
MM
It defines month (eg: 05 for May)
DD
It defines Day (eg: 24)
T
It is a separator for date and time
hh
It defines hour (eg:12)
mm
It defines minutes (eg:48)
ss
It defines seconds (eg:00)
TZD
Time Zone Designator (IST denotes Indian StandardTime)

Let us see an example of Time dateTime property −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Time dateTime</title>
<style>
   form {
      width:70%;
      margin: 0 auto;
      text-align: center;
   }
   * {
      padding: 2px;
      margin:5px;
   }
   input[type="button"] {
      border-radius: 10px;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
   <form>
      <fieldset>
         <legend>Time-dateTime</legend>
         <label>Notification : <strong>Examination Incoming!</strong>
         <time id="TimeDateTimeSelect" dateTime="2019-05-23T12:45Z">
         </label>
         <input type="button" onclick="getExamDate()" value="What's the Exam Date?">
         <div id="divDisplay"></div>
      </fieldset>
   </form>
<script>
   var divDisplay = document.getElementById("divDisplay");
   var TimeDateTimeSelect = document.getElementById("TimeDateTimeSelect");
   function getExamDate() {
      divDisplay.textContent = 'Examination Date: '+TimeDateTimeSelect.dateTime;
   }
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

Before clicking ‘What’s the Exam Date?’ button −

After clicking ‘What’s the Exam Date?’ button −

Updated on: 29-Oct-2019

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