HTMLTimeElement: dateTime property

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The dateTime property of the {{domxref("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

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{domxref("HTMLTimeElement")}}
• {{domxref("HTMLModElement.dateTime")}}
• Date strings
• Local date and time strings