Vincent Van Gogh was born
,
in Zundert, the Netherlands.
He died
,
(age 37) in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
An id on a <time> tag assigns an identifier to the time element.
The identifier must be unique across the page.
An id attribute on a <time> tag.
Vincent Van Gogh was born
,
in Zundert, the Netherlands.
He died
,
(age 37) in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
<article>
<p>
Vincent Van Gogh was born
<time id="birthdate" datetime="1853-03-30">March 30, 1853</time>,
in Zundert, the Netherlands.<br />He died
<time datetime="1890-07-29">July 29, 1890</time>,
(age 37) in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
</p>
</article>
The id attribute assigns an identifier to the <time> element.
The id allows JavaScript to easily access the <time> element.
It is also used to point to a specific id selector in a style sheet.
Tip: id is a global attribute that can be applied to any HTML element.
<time id="identifier" />
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| identifier | A unique alphanumeric string. The id value must begin with a letter ([A-Za-z]) and may be followed by any number of letters, digits ([0-9]), hyphens (-), underscores (_), colons (:), and periods (.). |
A <time> element with a unique id.
Clicking the button displays the content of the first <time> element.
Vincent Van Gogh was born
,
in Zundert, the Netherlands.
He died
,
(age 37) in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
<article>
<p>
Vincent Van Gogh was born
<time id="mytime" datetime="1853-03-30">March 30, 1853</time>,
in Zundert, the Netherlands.<br />He died
<time datetime="1890-07-29">July 29, 1890</time>,
(age 37) in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
</p>
</article>
<br />
<button onclick="show();">Show time content</button>
<script>
let show = () => {
let element = document.getElementById("mytime");
alert("Content = " + element.innerHTML);
}
</script>
The id attribute assigns a unique identifier for the time.
When the button is clicked, JavaScript locates the time through the id.
It extracts the <time> content and displays it in an alert box.
Here is when id support started for each browser:
 Chrome
|
6.0 | Sep 2010 |
 Firefox
|
4.0 | Mar 2011 |
 IE/Edge
|
9.0 | Mar 2011 |
 Opera
|
11.1 | Mar 2011 |
 Safari
|
5.0 | Jun 2010 |
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