Which HTML tag to use to display time?

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I am showing current time in my web app.

I can show it in a span or a div.

But which would be semantically apt?

see this: http://html5doctor.com/the-time-element/ – Krupal Shah Aug 16 '14 at 17:47 — Krupal Shah, Aug 16 '14 at 17:47

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '14 at 17:46

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Neither <span> nor <div> has any semantic meaning at all. If you want a semantic time, use <time> instead. http://microformats.org/wiki/datetime-design-pattern

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 16 '14 at 17:50

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You can try something like this:

<footer>
  <p>Posted by: Hege Refsnes</p>
  <p><time pubdate datetime="2012-03-01"></time></p>
</footer>

answered Aug 16 '14 at 17:50

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 16 '14 at 17:48

You can use HTML <time> tag. You can use this to make the time data readable by a machine. But to display the actual time you need something else, maybe Javascript voor the time of the machine of the user. Or via a server using PHP or a other language.

Which HTML tag to use to display time?

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