HTML5: How to specify the date and time when the text was inserted/changed?

Last update on February 09 2024 12:52:37 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution:

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declares the document type and version of HTML -->
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8"><!-- Specifies the character encoding for the document -->
<title>How to specify the date and time when the text was inserted/changed </title><!-- Sets the title of the document -->
</head>
<body>
<p> The elements and attributes those usage have been changed in HTML5 <!-- Starts a paragraph -->
<ins datetime="2014-02-20T10:30:03Z"><!-- Represents inserted text with a datetime attribute to specify the date and time when the text was inserted or changed -->
(in comparison with HTML4.01)...</ins></p><!-- The inserted text -->
</body>
</html>

Explanation:

The HTML document starts with a declaration of its type and version (<!DOCTYPE html>).
The <html> element encloses the entire HTML document.
The <head> section contains metadata about the document, including the character encoding (<meta charset="utf-8">) and the title of the document (<title>).
Inside the <body> section, there's a <p> element, which represents a paragraph of text.
Within the paragraph, there's an <ins> element, which indicates inserted text. The datetime attribute specifies the date and time when the text was inserted or changed. In this case, the datetime attribute is set to "2014-02-20T10:30:03Z" to indicate February 20, 2014, at 10:30:03 AM UTC.
The text "(in comparison with HTML4.01)..." is marked as inserted text and displayed in the paragraph.

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