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dateTime property

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Sets or retrieves the timestamp when a deletion or insertion was made.

This is merely an information property for the author, it does not have any functionality.

Syntax:

object.dateTime;

You can find the related objects in the Supported by objects section below.

This property is read/write.

HTML page for this property: dateTime

Possible values:

String that sets or retrieves the date and time in the following format: YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssTZD. (1977-01-07T08:06:45+06:00)

YYYY

four-digit year

month (two digits: 01=January, etc.)

day (two digits: 01 through 31)

hour (two digits: 00 through 23) (am/pm NOT allowed)

minute (two digits: 00 through 59)

second (two digits: 00 through 59)

TZD

time zone designator. 'Z' - specifies UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) or +/-hh:mm (hour:minute 04:36) specified ahead/behind UTC.

Default: this property has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the dateTime attribute:

<ins datetime="2006-01-12T08:00:00Z">one</ins> year old standard.
<ins datetime="2001-01-07T08:06:45+06:00">six</ins> years old standard.

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Example HTML code 2:

This example illustrates the use of the dateTime property:

<head>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        function GetDateTime () {
            var insTags = document.getElementsByTagName ("ins");

            for (var i = 0; i < insTags.length; i++) {
                alert ("The dateTime property of the " + (i+1) + ". ins tag: " + insTags[i].dateTime);
            }
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body>
    <ins datetime="2006-01-12T08:00:00Z">one</ins> year old standard.
    <ins datetime="2001-01-07T08:06:45+06:00">six</ins> years old standard.

    <button onclick="GetDateTime ();">Get dateTime!</button>
</body>